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Social representations of needlestick injuries [PDF]
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2012 OBJECTIVES: understand the Social Representations about needlestick injuries elaborated by Nursing Technicians and analyze how these representations influence their conducts. METHOD: the data, obtained by interviews, were processed using ALCESTE software and their analysis was based on Serge Moscovici's Social Representations Theory.
Lubenow, Juliana Almeida Marques +4 more
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Fetal Pain Perception: Legislative Assertions and Developmental Neuroscience
Annals of the Child Neurology Society, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 15-28, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background Pain perception is a conscious experience, but neither pain nor consciousness is defined in the developing human fetus. Emergent consciousness may be regarded as a phenomenon that ultimately arises from an essential minimum of functional neuronal connectivity. Proposed U.S.
William D. Graf +9 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Background Managing biomedical waste (BMW) effectively is a pressing public health challenge, particularly in low‐resource settings in accordance with the World Bank classification of low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where deficiencies in waste management infrastructure exacerbate health risks.
Prakasini Satapathy +14 more
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حیات, 2018 Background & Aim: Needlestick injury is an occupational risk. Medical university students are more likely to prone to this kind of injury in comparison to other students due to their limited knowledge, skills and clinical experiences.
Fazel Dehvan +4 more
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Occupational exposures to blood and body fluids among health care workers at university hospitals [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2013 Introduction. Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids is a serious concern of health care workers and presents a major risk of transmission of infections such as human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis ...
Marković-Denić Ljiljana +6 more
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Sex Differences in Response to Viral Vector Vaccines—Implications for Future Vaccine Design
Immunological Reviews, Volume 338, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Vaccination represents one of the most impactful public health achievements, preventing 3.5 to 5 million deaths annually according to estimates of the World Health Organization. Yet, recent outbreaks of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases highlight the need for rapid and strategic vaccine development using vaccine platforms ...
Ilka Grewe +2 more
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Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2026.Abstract Bepirovirsen, an antisense oligonucleotide in development for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, is administered from glass vials as a subcutaneous (SC) injection by healthcare professionals (HCPs). A ready‐to‐use prefilled syringe (PFS) assembled with a safety syringe device (SSD) has been developed to make ...
Amir S. Youssef +15 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background Hospital‐acquired infections (HIAs) remain a major threat to patient and healthcare worker (HCW) safety globally, with higher burden in low‐resource settings. Despite moderate knowledge among HCWs in many low‐income contexts, actual adherence to infection prevention practices is often poor.
Mohammad Masudi +6 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection poses a significant occupational risk to healthcare workers (HCWs), particularly in high‐endemic settings like Ghana. Despite the availability of post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP), adherence remains suboptimal due to systemic and individual‐level barriers.
Berlinda Lasidji Narh +1 more
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Needlestick injuries with venipuncture: cause and prevention
Bioingeniøren, 2011 Background: Health care workers (HCW) are at risk for transmission of blood-borne viruses by percutaneous exposure. We have made a survey of needlestick injuries among HCW in a large teaching hospital in Norway, and examined in which circumstances ...
Astrid-Mette Husøy +2 more
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