Effects of virtual reality training on decreasing the rates of needlestick or sharp injury in new-coming medical and nursing interns in Taiwan [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2020 Purpose Senior nursing and medical interns’ lack of familiarity and confidence with respect to practicing universal precaution for the prevention of occupational needlestick or sharp injuries may harm themselves.
Szu-Hsien Wu +6 more
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The Factors of Needlestick Injury on Healthcare Workers at the Hospital of Bojonegoro
The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2020 Introduction: Needlestick injury is the most frequent accidents encountered by healthcare workers in the hospital. Needlestick injury can expose healthcare workers to the risk of communicable diseases infection.
Anisa Fitria +2 more
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Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, 2018 BACKGROUND: A needlestick injury is an accidental skin-penetrating stab wound from a hollow-bore needle containing another person's blood or body fluid, leading to infection of diseases transmitted by blood such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus ...
Gawad M A. Alwabr
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Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2020 Background: Nursing students, like other healthcare workers, are prone to needlestick injuries. Over the years, studies have been conducted regarding needlestick injuries. However, its prevalence among Filipino nursing students’ is still not known. Also,
Nelson A. Ditching +5 more
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Prevalence of Needlestick Injuries among Healthcare Workers in Rizgary Teaching Hospital [PDF]
Polytechnic Journal, 2020 Needlestick injury in healthcare settings is a global issue. Despite being recognized for many years, needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) continue to present a risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens for health care works (HCWs).
Salah H. Ali +2 more
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Ebelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri DergisiObjective: The aim of this study is to identify the causes and frequency of needlestick and sharp injuries among nurses and to examine their knowledge and practices following these injuries.Methods: The population of the study consisted of 1,550 nurses ...
Gülçin Avşar, Hayati Yaşar İlbaş
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Relationships between shift work, mental workload, and needlestick injuries among nurses [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Nurses often engage in shift work, which disrupts their circadian rhythms and increases mental workload and fatigue. These factors may associate with and elevate the risk of needlestick injuries.
Hamideh Bidel +3 more
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Occupational Health: Analysis of the Psychological Impact of Exposure to Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Among Primary Health Care Professionals [PDF]
Nursing Research and PracticeOccupational exposure to biological material, particularly needlestick and sharps injuries, is a relevant public health concern in Primary Health Care (PHC), as it combines infectious risk with psychological sequelae that are often underestimated.
Talita Priscilla da Silva Guerra +5 more
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Lymphatic Dissemination and Axillary Web Syndrome in Primary Cutaneous Tuberculosis Secondary to Needlestick Injury. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect Dis, 2021 Cutaneous tuberculosis secondary to skin inoculation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is uncommon but it can occur in the health care settings. Herein, we report an unusual case of primary cutaneous tuberculosis of the thumb following a needlestick injury ...
Malek AE +7 more
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Molecular Evidence of Human T‑Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Transmission by Needlestick Injury in Healthcare Workers. [PDF]
J Med VirolABSTRACT Human T‑cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‑1) is a retrovirus that spreads primarily through cell‐to‐cell transmission. Occupational transmission of HTLV‐1 by needlestick injury is considered exceedingly rare, with no reported molecularly confirmed cases.
Tokunaga M +14 more
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