In May 2004, the Standing Committee of Nurses of the EU (PCN) and the European Medical Technology Industry Association (Eucomed) issued a report entitled "European Healthcare Workers at Risk" in conjunction with International Nurses Day. It estimated that healthcare workers in Europe suffer 1 million needlestick injuries each year. In addition, an ongoing Royal College of Nursing surveillance project suggests that as many as 100,000 needlestick accidents occur in the UK every year, making it second only to back injuries as a cause of occupational injury amongst National Health Service (NHS) workers.