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How to prevent needlestick and sharps injuries [PDF]
"Needlestick and other sharps injuries are a serious hazard in any healthcare setting. Contact with contaminated needles, scalpels, broken glass, and other sharps may expose healthcare workers to blood that contains pathogens which pose a grave ...
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, 1993 The purpose of this study was to explore the circumstances that surrounded contaminated needlestick and other sharp object injuries in the acute health care ...
Beiningen, Gwen M.
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Needlestick injuries among obstetrician-gynecologist trainees: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices
Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and GynecologyINTRODUCTION: Needlestick injury is a major healthcare hazard. The burden of the problem is difficult to estimate due to underreporting by healthcare workers.
Carolyn Reyes Zalameda-Castro
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Needle-Stick Injuries in Ophthalmic Practice
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2023 Abdulrahman Alfarhan,1 Samar Al-Swailem,2,3 Mohannad Alobaid,4 Khabir Ahmad,3 Ruhi Khan5 1Fellowship and Residency Training Program, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Anterior Segment Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist ...
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Needlestick Injuries among Healthcare Workers [PDF]
Journal of Sharif Medical & Dental College, 2019 Objective: To determine the frequency and contributory factors of needlestick injuries (NSI) among the healthcare workers (HCWs) in two tertiary healthcare centers of Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Faheem Afzal +3 more
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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2023 Rahma Yusuf Haji Mohamud,1 Nur Adam Mohamed,2 Ahmet Doğan,3 Fartun Mohamed Hilowle,1 Suad Abdikarim Isse,4 Mohamed Yaqub Hassan,5 Ifrah Adan Hilowle1 1Department of Education, Mogadishu Somalia Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Research and Training ...
Mohamud RYH +6 more
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Needlestick injury prevention training among health care workers in the Caribbean
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2018 The rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among health care workers that is caused by sharps injuries is higher in the Caribbean and Latin America than in other regions of the world ...
Muge Akpinar-Elci +6 more
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Incidence of needlestick and other sharp object injuries in newly graduated nurses
, 2014 Nurses are particularly at high risk of needlestick and injuries by other sharp object (hereafter called needlestick injuries).1,2 Newly graduated nurses (hereafter called new nurses) now comprise >10% of a typical hospital’s nursing staff.3 Nursing ...
Yang, Ya Hui ;Wu, Shyh Jong ;Wang, Chao Ling ; Yang, Chun Yuh ; Liou, Saou Hsing
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HygieneHealthcare workers, particularly those in training, face significant exposure to biological risks, including needlestick and sharps injuries, which remain a critical occupational hazard. This study examines the incidence and nature of such injuries among
Anna Rita Corvino +7 more
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Needlestick Injuries to Nurses, in Context [PDF]
, 2002 Injuries with used needles and other “sharps” put health care workers at risk for serious bloodborne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. To some extent, this risk can be lessened through safer techniques (such as not recapping needles) and ...
Clarke, Sean P +2 more
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