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Needlestick injuries among obstetrician-gynecologist trainees: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices

Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
INTRODUCTION: 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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Blood‐borne viruses and their survival in the environment: is public concern about community needlestick exposures justified?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Background: More than 30 million needle syringes are distributed per year in Australia as a component of harm‐reduction strategies for injecting drug users (IDU).
Sandra C. Thompson, Clem R. Boughton, Gregory J. Dore   +2 more
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Occupational exposure to the risk of HIV infection among surgeons at a University Teaching Hospital in Enugu, Nigeria

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2003
Aim: To determine the various factors that predispose surgeons to needlestick injuries, with a view to making recommendations for prevention and control.
T A Okeke
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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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Needle stick injuries among health care workers of public sector tertiary care hospitals of Karachi [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the frequency of needle stick injuries (NSI) among health care workers (nurses, student nurses and paramedical staff) in public hospitals of Karachi.STUDY DESIGN: Cross sectional, observational.PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: This ...
Ali, Arif, Ali, Hammad, Aslam, Mubashir, Badar, Nasira, Dar, Mudassir Iqbal, Mirza, Waseem, Taj, Tahir   +6 more
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Outcome of a sharp injury prevention program in Songklanagarind Hospital

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2006
The objective of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate outcome of a sharp injury prevention program in Songklanagarind Hospital, which consisted of public relations boarding, training, instructing staff in high risk wards, as well as job safety ...
C Pensuk, S Jamulitrat, T Benjawang
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Unsafe injection practices in Hodeidah governorate, Yemen

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2013
Summary: Background: Unsafe injection practices are a major public health problem and can lead to the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Mohammed Abdo Abdo Abkar, Iman Mohamed Helmy Wahdan, Aida Ali Reda Sherif, Yahya Ahmed Raja’a   +3 more
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Assessing the medical waste management practices and associated risk perceptions in Algarve hospitals, Portugal [PDF]

, 2012
In the past few years, there has been an increase in public concern about the medical wastes management on a global basis and a significant effort has been directed toward proper and safe management of hazardous medical wastes. However, if there is not
Ferreira, Vera, Ribau Teixeira, Margarida   +1 more
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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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