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Prevalence of Needlestick Injuries among Healthcare Workers in Rizgary Teaching Hospital [PDF]

Polytechnic Journal, 2020
Needlestick injury in healthcare settings is a global issue. Despite being recognized for many years, needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) continue to present a risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens for health care works (HCWs).
Salah H. Ali, Peshtewan D. Majeed, Umed A. Huwiezy   +2 more
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The Safe Use of Sharps and Needlestick among Nurses Working in Surgical Clinics, Turkey

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine the attitude of nurses working in surgical clinics regarding the safe use of sharps and towards needlestick injuries.Materials and Methods: This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted between ...
Zeynep Karaman Özlü, Ayşegül Çay Yayla, Kenan Gümüş, Semra Erdağı, İbrahim Özlü, Nadiye Özer, Asiye Tekin, Özgür Tuğ   +7 more
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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus meningitis after needlestick injury: a case report [PDF]

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019
Background Needlestick accidents while handling of infectious material in research laboratories can lead to life-threatening infections in laboratory personnel.
Sarah Dräger, Anna-Friederike Marx, Fiona Pigny, Pascal Cherpillod, Philip Eisermann, Parham Sendi, Andreas F. Widmer   +6 more
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Molecular Evidence of Human T‑Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Transmission by Needlestick Injury in Healthcare Workers. [PDF]

J Med Virol
ABSTRACT Human T‑cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‑1) is a retrovirus that spreads primarily through cell‐to‐cell transmission. Occupational transmission of HTLV‐1 by needlestick injury is considered exceedingly rare, with no reported molecularly confirmed cases.
Tokunaga M, Kuramitsu M, Saito M, Yoshimori M, Odawara J, Ito Y, Nakamura H, Sagara Y, Ishii M, Nojiri N, Yoshida-Furihata H, Kuribayashi W, Mizukami T, Miura K, Utsunomiya A.   +14 more
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Toward Needle Stick Injury Among Health Care Workers in Mogadishu Somalia. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background Needlestick injuries (NSIs) remain a major occupational hazard among healthcare workers (HCWs), increasing the risk of exposure to blood‐borne infections such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Elmi AH, Ahmed MM, Hassan MM, Dirie NI.
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Needlestick and sharps injuries among secondary and tertiary healthcare workers, Saudi Arabia

Nursing Open, 2022
Aim The study aimed to assess the incidence of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers (HCWs) in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia, as well as to determine whether there exists an association between hospital level and needlestick and ...
Anwar M. Makeen, Abdullah A. Alharbi, Mohammed S. Mahfouz, Ahmad Y. Alqassim, Ahmed A. Ismail, Haider M. Arishi, Maged El‐Setouhy, Ronnie D. Horner, Mohammed A. Muaddi   +8 more
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Needlestick and sharps' injury in healthcare students: Prevalence, knowledge, attitude and practice

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Purpose: Needlestick and sharps injury is an occupational hazard, and it presents with a constant risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens. Students are particularly at risk due to a lack of experience and handling skills. The present study was designed
Uma Vasant Datar, Mamata Kamat, Mahesh Khairnar, Umesh Wadgave, Karishma Madhusudhan Desai   +4 more
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Needlestick injuries in anaesthetists [PDF]

Anaesthesia, 1990
Summary A survey of needlestick injuries among 42 anaesthetists at this university hospital was carried out over a 3‐month period to ascertain the rate of occurrence and the extent to which a revised protocol for the management of such injuries was followed.
S, Maz, G, Lyons
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Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries in nursing students: Development of the SNNIP scale

Nursing Open, 2020
Aim To develop an instrument to investigate knowledge and predictive factors of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) in nursing students during clinical placements.
Annamaria Bagnasco, Milko Zanini, Gianluca Catania, Roger Watson, Mark Hayter, Nicoletta Dasso, Guglielmo Dini, Antonella Agodi, Cesira Pasquarella, Carla Maria Zotti, Paolo Durando, Loredana Sasso   +11 more
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Case Series of Laboratory-Associated Zika Virus Disease, United States, 2016–2019

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
Zika virus diagnostic testing and laboratory research increased considerably when Zika virus began spreading through the Americas in 2015, increasing the risk for potential Zika virus exposure of laboratory workers and biomedical researchers. We report 4
Susan L. Hills, Andrea Morrison, Shawna Stuck, Kayleigh Sandhu, Krystal L. Mason, Danielle Stanek, Julie Gabel, Matthew A. Osborne, Betsy A. Schroeder, Edhelene Rico, Cherie L. Drenzek, Glen R. Gallagher, Jennifer Fiddner, Lea A. Heberlein-Larson, Catherine M. Brown, Marc Fischer   +15 more
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