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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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Primary Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in a Surgeon Secondary to a Needlestick Injury: A Neglected Problem. [PDF]

Infect Drug Resist, 2022
Yang M, Xu M, Zhang X, Zhao H, Hu J, Wang J.   +5 more
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PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP TENTANG NEEDLESTICK INJURY DI KALANGAN PELATIH SEMESTER 2 FAKULTI KEJURURAWATAN DAN SAINS KESIHATAN DI KOLEJ UNIVERSITI ISLAM MELAKA [PDF]

, 2020
Needlestick Injury (NI) merupakan salah satu kejadian yang harus di titikberatkan dan perlu dipelajari oleh setiap pelajar kejururawatan. Pelatih perlulah mempunyai pengetahuan dan sikap yang baik untuk mengelakkan dari berlakunya kejadian tersebut ...
Zainuddin, Nor Hayati
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The effect of shift length on the number of needlestick injuries in an acute private hospital [PDF]

, 1990
Needlestick injuries present a hazard to both nurse and patient in that they may be the source of transmission of Hepatitis B and the human immunodeficiency virus.
McMahon, J.
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Epidemiology of needlestick injuries among health care workers in a secondary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2005
Background: Accidental needlestick injuries sustained by health care workers are a common occupational hazard in health care settings. The aim of this study was to review the epidemiology of needlestick injuries in Buraidah Central Hospital, a 212-bed ...
Jahan Saulat
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A case report of radiopharmaceutical needlestick injury with scintigraphic imaging and dose quantification. [PDF]

Radiol Case Rep, 2022
Elliott J, Weatherley M.
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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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Prevalence and associated factors of needlestick and sharp object injuries among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Epidemiology
BackgroundNeedlestick and sharp object injuries affect healthcare workers. However, there are limitations in the evidence available for informed decision-making by stakeholders, as individual research shows inconsistent results.
Gudeta Kaweti, Tihun Feleke
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Epidemiology of needlestick injury exposures among dental students during clinical training in a major teaching institution of China: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

J Dent Sci, 2022
Huang J, Li N, Xu H, Jiang Y, Guo C, Li T, Cai Z, An N.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How many more Australian healthcare workers have to sustain a needlestick injury before safety engineered devices become routine?

, 2018
[Extract] A decade has now passed since the annual number of needlestick injuries (NSIs) among Australian healthcare workers (HCWs) was identified as more than 18,500 per year.1 At the same time calls were made for widespread policy reform including ...
Murphy, Cathryn
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