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Needlestick and Sharps Injury Prevention

OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 2004
Every day while caring for patients, nurses are at risk to exposure to bloodborne pathogens potentially resulting in infections such as HIV or hepatitis B and C. These exposures, while preventable, are often accepted as being a part of the job. In the United States, needlestick injuries have begun to decrease from an estimated one million exposures per
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Needlestick injuries in the aesthetic clinic: risk of exposure and prevention

, 2017
Sharps injuries are one of the main occupational hazards experienced by health professionals. In all health-care settings, there is the risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne infections, from either a needlestick injury or a splash from blood or ...
Bev Kelly, Lindsey Mcenroe
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HemaSphere, Volume 10, Issue S1, June 2026.
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Needlestick injury to a patient

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2008
Onal, ED, Tanriover, MD, Guven, GS
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Risk perception on needlestick injury and effectiveness of the needlestick prevention module among house officers in Kelantan [PDF]

Introduction: House officers (HOs) face a significant occupational threat from needlestick injuries (NSIs), posing potential risks of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
Kutubudin, Ahmed Farrasyah Mohd
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Awareness and Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury among Nursing Students at King Abdulaziz University

Evidence-Based Nursing Research
Context: Nurses and other health care workers, and at the same time nursing students in clinical training, are at high risk for needle stick injury. The main problem is that needle stick injury (NSIs) can lead to an increase in the risk of over 20 types
Ohoud K. Almuslami, Sarah S. Fadul, Shahad S. Munshi, Fatmah M. Sangoof, Naded A. Mersal   +4 more
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Prevalence of Needlestick Injuries and the preventive response of affected Dental healthcare persons working in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Abbottabad Pakistan.

Journal of University Medical & Dental College
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Needle sticks and other sharps injuries are common and serious hazards in healthcare facilities, exposing healthcare workers to blood-borne pathogens like HIV, hepatitis B, and C and affecting the physical and psychological ...
Muhammad Umair, Abdul Manan, Sadia Rashid, Abdul Qadir, Nusrat Tariq, Akif Mahmud   +5 more
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Needlestick accident resulting in occupational transmission of HCV : report of two cases [PDF]

, 2015
Occupational transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) through needlestick injury is a serious problem worldwide. Occupational transmission of HCV is estimated at an average rate between 0.5% and 0.75%.
Piana, Marjana Denti, Toniasso, Sheila de Castro Cardoso, Brum, Maria Carlota Borba, Dantas Filho, Fábio Fernandes, Chaves, Eunice Beatriz Martin, Joveleviths, Dvora   +5 more
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Needlestick injuries in nursing and laboratory personnel

, 1990
This study was designed to increase understanding of needlestick injuries in order to make recommendations for appropriate preventive measures. -- Needlestick injury rates for the period 1985-1989 were calculated for nursing and laboratory employees at ...
James, Bonita Maria
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Needlestick Injuries Reporting among Clinical Nurses

نشریه پرستاری ایران, 2007
Background & Aim: Exposure to blood-borne pathogens by needlestick injuries (NSIs) continues to pose significant risks to healthcare workers (HCW).
A. Azadi, M. Anoosheh
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