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Frequency and barriers of underreported needlestick injuries amongst Iranian nurses, a questionnaire survey

, 2010
Aims and objectives. To determine the frequency of needlestick injuries and barriers of reporting such injuries amongst Iranian nurses. Background. Exposure to blood-borne pathogens because of needlestick injuries in particular is a potential risk for ...
Anoosheh, M., Monireh Anoosheh, Azadi, A., Delpisheh, A., Arman Azadi, Ali Delpisheh   +5 more
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Theatre nurses strategies to prevent perioperative needlestick and sharp injuries [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Workrelated needlestick and sharp injuries within the healthcare sector, with risk for potential bloodborne pathogen exposure, is a global concern. Every day theatre nurses are at risk for exposure to percutan injury during different surgical
Nilson, Kerstin, Snorradóttir, Steinunn
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Magnitude of Needlestick and Sharp Injury and Its Associated Factors Among Nurses Working at Health Institutions in Western Ethiopia, 2020

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020
Muktar Abadiga,1 Getu Mosisa,1 Yonas Abate2 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia; 2Oromia Regional Health Bureau, Nekemte Health Center, Nekemte Town, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Muktar Abadiga
Abadiga M, Mosisa G, Abate Y
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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 ...
Alfarhan A, Al-Swailem S, Alobaid M, Ahmad K, Khan R   +4 more
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Optimizing the initial medical examination of occupational needlestick injuries

, 2006
Titelblatt, Inhaltsverzeichnis und Zusammenfassung Abkürzungsverzeichnis Einleitung Stand der empfohlenen Vorgehensweise nach beruflichen Nadelstichverletzungen Untersuchungsgut und Methoden Ergebnisse Diskussion Anhang ...
Samwer, Henning
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Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective Single-Center Study

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, Mohamed NA, Doğan A, Hilowle FM, Isse SA, Hassan MY, Hilowle IA   +6 more
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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, Zainab Ayub, Muhammad Naeem Afzal, Asif Hanif   +3 more
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Young Health Workers in Training and Biological Risk: Are We Doing Enough? Reflections on Injuries at the University of Campania ‘L.Vanvitelli’

Hygiene
Healthcare 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, Elpidio Maria Garzillo, Daniele Guida, Simona Signoriello, Giuseppe Porciello, Antonio Arnese, Antonella Palucci, Monica Lamberti   +7 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, Satesh Bidaisee, Praveen Durgampudi, Roger Radix, Julietta Rodriquez-Guzman, MyNgoc Thuy Nguyen, Omur Cinar Elci   +6 more
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Have legislative interventions impacted the incidence of needlestick injuries? [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the impact the EU Directive for the Prevention of Sharps injuries had on the incidence of needlestick injuries (NSI) in Ireland.
Gallagher, John, O\u27Sullivan, G., Gallagher, J, O'Sullivan, G, O'Sullivan, G.   +4 more
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