Organizational Climate as Performance Driver: Health Care Workers’ Perception in a Large Hospital [PDF]
, 2014 Recently health care (HC) organizations have increasingly embarked on organizational climate (OC) assessment with the intent to improve their efficiency and the quality of the delivered services.
Carlucci, Daniela, Schiuma, Giovanni
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Journal of International Medical Research, 2020 Objective Needlestick injuries caused by insulin pen injection are a serious occupational hazard for health care workers in China. We evaluated the prevalence of stick injuries with insulin pen injection and identified associated risk factors.
Yanlin Zhang +7 more
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Adherence to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) recommendation on double gloving, hand free zone and blunt suture needle use among Surgeon ranks [PDF]
, 2010 Background: The American College of Surgeons guidelines suggest the use of intact gloves, double gloving, hands-free zone technique to pass sharp instruments, and blunt tip suture needles to protect patients, as well as the surgical team.
Nassiry, Akbar
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003 Background: More than 30 million needle syringes are distributed per year in Australia as a component of harm‐reduction strategies for injecting drug users (IDU).
Sandra C. Thompson +2 more
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Gambaran Deskriptif Perilaku Penggunaan Alat Pelindung Diri dan Angka Kejadian Tertusuk Jarum Suntik pada Tenaga Kesehatan Gigi di Puskesmas Kabupaten Wonogiri [PDF]
, 2015 Personal protective equipment is the one of the elements in the universal precautions to minimize the risk of cross-infection that may be experienced by dental health workers when dealing with patients in all health care facilities.
, drg. Fitria Nur Malita Sari +2 more
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Prevalence of Needlestick Injury and Its Potential Risk among Veterinarians in Nigeria
Veterinary Medicine International, 2016 A cross sectional study using multistage sampling method by means of structured interviewer administered questionnaire was designed to estimate the rate of occurrence of needlestick injuries among veterinarians involved in clinical practice and to ...
Philip Paul Mshelbwala +2 more
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Effective Factors on Needle Stick Injuries in Health Care Workers [PDF]
, 2016 Aims: Needle stick accidents are a serious health risk for blood-borne infections among health care workers. This study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of needle stick injuries in health care workers and its related factors.
Momen-Heravi, M. +3 more
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International Journal of Africa Nursing SciencesIntroduction: Nurses, as the largest occupational group in hospitals, are exposed to high work pressure due to the nature of their work. High workload directly and indirectly causes occupational accidents in nurses.
Maryam Hasandaee Talkhooncheh +4 more
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Needlestick injuries among employees at a retail pharmacy chain - nationwide [PDF]
"In February 2011, NIOSH received an HHE request from management representatives at a nationwide retail pharmacy chain. The request concerned pharmacists' potential exposure to needlestick injuries while administering vaccines in pharmacy locations ...
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Brief report: reduction in the frequency of needle recapping by effective education: a need for conceptual alteration [PDF]
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Ching, TY +3 more
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