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Prevalence of needlestick injury among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2019
Background Health facilities can provide diagnostic, curative, and prognostic services for the community. While providing services, healthcare workers can be exposed to needlestick injuries that can transmit pathogenic organisms through body fluids ...
Teshiwal Deress Yazie, Kasaw Adane Chufa, Mekonnen Girma Tebeje   +2 more
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Understanding the hospital sharps injury reporting pathway [PDF]

, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Patient-care workers are frequently exposed to sharps injuries, which can involve the risk of serious illness. Underreporting of these injuries can compromise prevention efforts.
Aiken, Alvarado-Ramy, Amick, Azaroff, Boden, Boden, Bureau of Labor Statistics USDoL, Cutter, d'Errico, Davis, Doebbeling, Elder, Galizzi, Hopcia, Karasek, Kim, Laramie, Menzel, Moore, Osborne, Panlilio, Pransky, Probst, Probst, Probst, Probst, Quinn, Rodríguez Acosta, Rosenman, Siddharthan, Sorensen, Tandberg, Voide, Wuellner   +33 more
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Nurse-led educational campaign on blood borne pathogens and proper sharps disposal at an urban tertiary hospital in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
In Africa, where the regional prevalence of HIV is the highest in the world, the rate of needlestick injuries in healthcare workers is also the highest, despite the fact that such injuries are vastly underreported. Needlestick injuries pose a significant
A. Otieno, M. Obogo, V. Mlele, J.A. Bauch*, T.A. Reynolds   +4 more
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The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses

Heliyon, 2022
This study was aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence and some personality traits on safe behavior and needle stick injuries among the nurses. This cross-sectional study was performed on 200 nursing staff of a hospital in Iran.
Masoud Askari Majdabadi, Saeid Yazdanirad, Rasoul Yarahmadi, Jamileh Abolghasemi, Hossein Ebrahimi   +4 more
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A study on PEI among private dentists in Mashhad, Iran

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Aim: We aimed to identify the percutaneous exposure incident (PEI) by private dentists in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: Subjects included 199 dentists enrolled in this study.
Ali Labafchi, Amin Rahpeyma, Saeedeh Khajehahmadi   +2 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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Determination and prioritization of factors affecting the occurrence of needle stick injuries among healthcare workers using techniques of Delphi and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP)

BMC Public Health, 2023
Introduction Needlestick injuries (NSIs) are a major hazard in the workplace for healthcare workers. To prevent these injuries, it is essential to determine the important factors affecting the occurrence of them.
Seyed Mahdi Mousavi, Saeid Yazdanirad, Sara Althubiti, Masoud Askari Majdabadi, Faranak Najarian, Parvin Sepehr   +5 more
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Economic evaluation of safety-engineered devices and training in reducing needlestick injuries among healthcare workers in South Africa [PDF]

, 2018
Background. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of contracting various communicable diseases. Needlestick injuries (NSIs) are a common mechanism of exposure. Training in basic universal precautions and utilisation of safety-engineered devices
de Jager, P., Dyers, R.E., Zungu, M.
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Cross-sectional study assessing the risk of needlestick injury from an insulin pen among nursing care providers

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, Li Liu, Kaixiu Cai, Lirong Zhang, Ling Liu, Xianli Zhou, Zhiping Liu, Yu Peng   +7 more
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Hepatitis B immunisation : a survey of surgeons and theatre nurses [PDF]

, 2000
Acute viral hepatitis remains a serious condition. Its long-term sequelae include cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Health workers constitute a high-risk group for contracting hepatitis B.
Borg, Michael Angelo, Caruana Dingli, Gordon, Jones, C. H., Swain, Karl Charles   +3 more
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