Advancing Staff Safety: Assessment of Quality Improvement Interventions in Reducing Needlestick Injuries Among Staff at Nyaho Medical Centre [PDF]
Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 2023 Introduction: Needlestick injury, which occurs when the skin is accidentally punctured, is linked to infection transmission of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.
Augustine Kumah +1 more
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Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2020 Background: Nursing students, like other healthcare workers, are prone to needlestick injuries. Over the years, studies have been conducted regarding needlestick injuries. However, its prevalence among Filipino nursing students’ is still not known. Also,
Nelson A. Ditching +5 more
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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 +2 more
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Incidence Risk Analysis for Needlestick, Sharp and Splash Injuries at a Tertiary Care Hospital Kota, Rajasthan, India [PDF]
National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2020 Introduction: Needlestick, Sharp, and Splash Injuries (NSSSIs) are the major occupational hazards for the Healthcare Workers (HCWs) risking them for Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs) such as Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human ...
Dinesh Verma +3 more
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Evaluations of Stress Level Caused by Fear of Exposure to Needle stick Injury among Nurses: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal, 2018 Needlestick injury is one of the significant stress-leading causes among nurses in healthcare settings. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the level of stress caused by fear of needlestick injury exposure among nurses working at Sohag University ...
Ghona Ali, Mona Mohamed
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Effects of virtual reality training on decreasing the rates of needlestick or sharp injury in new-coming medical and nursing interns in Taiwan [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2020 Purpose Senior nursing and medical interns’ lack of familiarity and confidence with respect to practicing universal precaution for the prevention of occupational needlestick or sharp injuries may harm themselves.
Szu-Hsien Wu +6 more
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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 +8 more
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Risk factors and prevalence of work-related injuries and accidents among veterinarians in India [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2020 Background and Aim: Veterinary medicine is a high-risk occupation and imparts a risk of physical injuries due to the unpredictable nature of the animals and workplace conditions.
SukhDev Mishra, Rajendra Palkhade
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The Frequency, Causes and Prevention of Needlestick Injuries in Nurses of Kerman: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Introduction: The needlestick injuries can cause the transmission of infectious diseases. Compared to other members of the community of health care nurses are at great risk of needle stick injury because of their frequent performance with vein ...
Abbas Balouchi +3 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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