Journal articles: 'Needle stick injury'

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Rice, J. J., J. P. McCabe, and F. McManus. "Needle stick injury." International Orthopaedics 20, no. 3 (June 26, 1996): 132–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002640050048.

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Ballantyne, Helen. "Needle stick injury." Veterinary Nursing Journal 36, no. 7 (July 3, 2021): 226–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17415349.2021.1919587.

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Paul, E. "Accidental needle-stick injury." British Dental Journal 184, no. 11 (June 1998): 525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4809687.

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Srikanth, Padma, Yazhini Ravi, and Shyamala Mani. "Needle-stick injury: A perspective." Journal of Patient Safety and Infection Control 6, no. 3 (2018): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpsic.jpsic_16_18.

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Mahajan, Supriya, and Ekta Gupta. "Needle Stick Injury in Healthcare Workers." Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Care 6, no. 2 (2019): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2394-2800.2019.00016.6.

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Merritt, William T. "How to Avoid Needle Stick Injury." JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 259, no. 3 (January 15, 1988): 353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1988.03720030021018.

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Farrukh Nagi, Muhammad Luqman, Syed Tehseen Haider Kazmi, Aziz Anwar Saleem, Dawar Khan, Hafiz Haseeb Afsar, and Hafiz Sohaib Akhtar. "NEEDLE STICK AND SHARPS INJURIES;." Professional Medical Journal 24, no. 11 (November 3, 2017): 1685–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.29309/tpmj/2017.24.11.665.

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Background: This study, therefore aims to assess the frequency and the factorscontributing to the needle stick injuries among health care workers of a tertiary care privatehospital of Lahore. Setting: Shalamar Hospital Lahore, Pakistan a tertiary care private institution.Period: July and August 2015. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A modifiedstructured pre-tested questionnaire containing both open and close-ended questions wasadministered to 160 study participants. The selected candidates were thoroughly briefed aboutthe study and informed consent was obtained. Confidentiality and anonymity of the participantswas maintained. Data entry was done on SPSS version 20 for Microsoft Windows. Results: Theresponse rate was 97%. Among all respondents (n=122), almost 41% (n= 63) were medicaldoctors and 34% (n= 53) were nursing staff. A small proportion of 4% (n= 6) belonged to thedental surgical background as well. Of all the surveyed participants, 45% (n=69) had eversuffered from needle stick/ sharps injury during their medical job and career, whereas, 34%(n=53) had suffered from a needle stick injury during the last year. Nearly 63% (n=47) reportedthat the cause of injury was accidental, 16% (n=25) acknowledged lack of awareness, 7%(n=10) acknowledged improper equipment and 4% (n=6) accused lack of training as the majorcause of needle stick injuries. A hefty 34% (n=53) believed that there existed no protocols in theinstitution regarding needle stick injuries, while another 50% (n=78) stated that they were notaware of the hospital protocols regarding needle stick injuries if there existed any. A disturbing34% (n=53) assume that they should recap the needles after using them. There was a strongstatistical association p<.001 between establishment of hospital protocols regarding needlestick or sharps injury and an event of needle stick injury suffered by the health care workersduring last year. Conclusion: The needle stick injuries can be prevented by the eradication ofhazard causing equipment’s, prevention through engineering measures, administrative controlsand last but not the least personal protective measures.

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Punjabi, Suneel Kumar, Munir Ahmed Banglani, Priya -, and Nayab Mangi. "NEEDLE STICK INJURIES;." Professional Medical Journal 24, no. 01 (January 18, 2017): 177–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.29309/tpmj/2017.24.01.418.

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Objectives: To evaluate the concepts & handling of needle stick injuries amongjunior dentists of city Hyderabad. Study Design: Descriptive Cross Sectional study. Setting:Dental House Surgeons & Postgraduates. Period: June 2015 to January 2016. Methodology:The study population of 200 dentists were included working either in civil or private settingsof Hyderabad, Sindh. Questionnaire designed to obtain information about their concepts andhandling regarding NSIs. Results: 75(37.5%) of them were working in Oral Surgery department,53(26.5%) in Operative dentistry, 35(17.5%) in Orthodontics, 22(11%) in Periodontology, and15(7.5%) in Prosthodontics. 77(38.5%) had idea about transmission of Hepatitis B, 89(44.5%)about Hepatitis C, & 34(17%) about HIV/AIDS by NSI. 168(84%) had knowledge aboutuniversal precautions guidelines, 16(8%) use safety devices to dispose used sharp objects.189(94.5%) had faced NSIs ever. 97(48.5%) had knowledge about post exposure prophylaxisin the management of needle stick injury. 37(18.5%) had said that they will contact to medicalemergency room if they expose to NSI, 32(16%) will contact to oral surgery department,53(26.5%) will consult with their physician & 78(39%) said that they will manage themselves.Conclusion: this study confirm that junior dentists of Hyderabad experience the NSIs but arenot liable to report them, therefore they necessitate the improvement in clinical training forpreventing & reporting all NSIs. Through Support, counseling and tutoring by their OccupationalHealth Department.

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Inman, Tony. "Needle stick injury is an unacceptable risk." Nursing Standard 14, no. 31 (April 19, 2000): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.14.31.29.s50.

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Wick, Jeannette. "New Standards To Prevent Needle-stick Injury." Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy 7, no. 5 (September 2001): 349–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.18553/jmcp.2001.7.5.349.

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Miyasaka, Katsuyuki, Tomoo Nakamura, and Hirokazu Sakai. "Needle Stick Injury Using a Needleless System." Anesthesiology 85, no. 6 (December 1, 1996): 1496–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000542-199612000-00040.

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Ikram, Kashif, Humayun Kaleem Siddiqui, Sana Maqbool, Maham Altaf, and Sania Khan. "Frequency of Needle Stick Injury among Dental Students and Dentists of Karachi." World Journal of Dentistry 6, no. 4 (2015): 213–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10015-1345.

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ABSTRACT Objective To determine the frequency of needle stick injury in dental practice and to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitude and practices of the dental students and dentists regarding needle stick injuries prevention. Materials and methods This descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken at eight different institutes of Karachi from July 2014 to March 2015. Data were collected in 800-sample questionnaire forms that comprised of ten questions in English language. Questionnaire was designed to obtain information regarding frequency, awareness and prevention of needle stick injury. Data were entered and analyzed in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20. Result A total of 800 samples were returned with a 100% response rate. About 73% participants gave a history of needle stick injury during practice. Of these 42% were the house officers. It was reported that knowledge regarding vaccination against hepatitis B was prevalent among participants. Most of the participants agreed that they have received guidelines regarding prevention and protection from needle stick injury. Conclusion It was concluded from this study that hepatitis B vaccination is necessary to prevent needle stick injury and proper instruments/guidelines should be given to all health related professionals in order to minimize the risk of bloodborne infections through needle stick injury. How to cite this article Ikram K, Siddiqui HK, Maqbool S, Altaf M, Khan S. Frequency of Needle Stick Injury among Dental Students and Dentists of Karachi. World J Dent 2015;6(4): 213-216.

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Mohamed, Salim Younus, Balen Omer, and Aveen Abdulrahman. "NEEDLE STICK INJURIES AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS IN ISHIK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY AND HAWLER MEDICAL COLLEGE." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 7, no. 4 (April 30, 2019): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i4.2019.930.

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Background and objectives: Needle stick injuries pose a high risk to health care workers including dental students. They represent a major risk factor for transmitting blood borne pathogens including hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus. Needles of syringes are the most commonly identified sharp object causing the injuries. Therefore, this study conducted to determine the prevalence of needle stick injuries among dental students in Ishik university facualty of dentistry and Hawler medical college. Aim and objectives of the study: The study aimed were to: 1. Find out the prevalence of NSI among dental student in Erbil city-Iraq. 2. The percentage of dental students that had taken Hep B vaccine. 3. Study the knowledge of dental students regarding NSI.Subjects and method: The study was a cross sectional in nature, 114 students from Ishik University and Hawler Medical University Collage of Dentistry and data collections were done from the 1st of Dec till 2 of Feb 2018. Later on, data analysis and writing the thesis completed in May up to June, 2018. A questionnaire was completed through direct interview of the study students to measure their knowledge and practice about needle sticks injuries. All the obtained information including prevalence of needle sticks injuries, within previous 12 months, time of injury, and training on needle stick injury, knowledge, practice and attitude about needle sticks was then analyzed using statistical package for the social science software version 21.Results: The mean age of the participants was 22. The results of the study demonstrated that the prevalence of needle stick injury during past 12 months among dental students was 47,4%. Needle stick injury happened after using the needle in 35.2%, while in re-capping the needle occur in 27,8% and around 41.2% of the samples have precautions regarding NSI.Conclusion: The dental student had taken hepatitis B vaccine in a high percentage, while the prevalence of NSI was high and male showed higher prevalence than female. Training course regarding the precaution and management of NSI may need to be added to the curriculum of dental students.

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Ahmed Atalla, Hanan Ramzy. "Safety measures between reality and intentions among nursing students regarding needle stick injuries." Clinical Nursing Studies 7, no. 2 (March 29, 2019): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/cns.v7n2p87.

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe safety measures between reality and intentions among nursing students regarding needle stick injuries.Methods: Research Design: descriptive study cross sectional design. Setting: The study was carried out at three setting as the following: Faculty of Nursing, Institute of Nursing, School of Nursing at Menofia University, Menofia Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: 150 student nurses were included in the study. Tools for data collection: Interviewing questionnaire comprised of two sections: Demographic information, questionnaire regarding; mechanism of a needle stick injury the nursing students if present, at which stage needle injury occurs and reasons for not reporting that injury from student’s point of view, and safety injection checklist for assessing injection practices among injection providers.Results: Majority of studied sample were female mostly injured at outpatient clinic, medical department. Injury occurred mainly during IV injection, followed by IM injection and recapping needle. The majority of studied subject perceived that the reason of injury of needle stick injury were excitement and fear of Punishment and low grade during evaluation was the most common cause for non- reporting injury of needle stick injuries. Safety Injection Checklist for assessing injection practices among injection providers; showed 18% of study group were unsatisfied practiced while 100% of 3rd group showed satisfied practice.Conclusions: Increasing the awareness about the importance of reporting needle stick injuries is cardinal intervention to take adequate preventive measures for safety and continuous training and awareness program on injection safety to all the student nurses is a necessity for reducing the unsafe practices.

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Maruyama, Masaaki. "Long-Tapered Double Needle Used to Reduce Needle Stick Nerve Injury." Regional Anesthesia: The Journal of Neural Blockade in Obstetrics, Surgery, & Pain Control 22, no. 2 (March 1997): 157–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rapm-00115550-199722020-00009.

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Background and ObjectivesNeedle trauma may cause peripheral nerve injuries during performance of peripheral nerve block.MethodsFour types of 21-gauge needles for regional anesthesia were compared: a beveled nerve block needle (Quincke type); a short-tapered needle with a side orifice (Whitacre type); a long-tapered needle with a side orifice (Sprotte type); and a long-tapered double needle combining an inner pencil-point fine needle with an outer truncated conical needle (a new type). This new needle was developed to reduce the potential for nerve injury while retaining a suitable flow rate of anesthetic solution and the ability to inject the solution precisely at the point of paresthesia elicited by the tip. Each type of needle was used to produce puncture injuries to rabbit sciatic nerves. Eighteen specimens were studied within each needle group. The beveled needle was used to produce two different types of nerve injuries by inserting it either transverse or longitudinal to the nerve fibers. Each histologic specimen of the nerve with the needle puncture was surfacestained with hematoxylin-eosin and Bodian's method. Subsequently, the number of damaged axons was histomorphologically counted and statistically evaluated.ResultsBoth long-tapered needles produced significantly fewer transected axons than the beveled needle inserted with the bevel longitudinal to the nerve fibers.ConclusionThe long-tapered needles produced the least number of transected nerve fibers after sciatic nerve puncture.

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., Zarnigar, R. Elahi, T. Zia, T. Sagir, W. Latif, and T. Laique. "Practice of Nurses Regarding Prevention from Needle Stick Injuries in Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 15, no. 5 (May 30, 2021): 1389–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs211551389.

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Needle sticks injury considerably affects nurse’s wellbeing while performing routine patient’s care. Thus, nurses are at risk of exposure to various kinds of infectious diseases. Objectives: To analyze the practice of nurses regarding prevention from needle stick injury in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Lahore. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: Study setting was tertiary care hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan after ethical review committee’s (ERC) approval. Data was collected from nurses by using tool used in this study was check list for observation of Nurses practice related to sharps and needles. This check list contains fourteen criteria for observation of Nurses’ practice. Whether they were doing; yes or no. sel. convenient sampling technique was used, and sample size was 93. Statistical analysis: SPSS 21 was utilized for the data analysis. Results: It was observed that 03(3%) Nurses were performing Safe Needle Handling Technique in procedure room while 90(97%) Nurses were not performing it. It was observed that 91(98%) Staff Nurses wash hands before and after use of syringes while only 02(2%) Nurses were not performing it. Conclusion: We concluded that nurses have ignorance of the protocols become the reason of such incidents even now. It is the need of time to implement appropriate strategies for precaution and intervention through hospital administration to avoid the needle stick injuries. Key Words: Needle Stick Injury, Re-capping of needles and Knowledge.

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Dilie, Abebe, Desalegn Amare, and Tenaw Gualu. "Occupational Exposure to Needle Stick and Sharp Injuries and Associated Factors among Health Care Workers in Awi Zone, Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016." Journal of Environmental and Public Health 2017 (2017): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2438713.

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Background. Needle stick and sharp injuries were one of the major risk factors for blood and body fluid borne infections at health care facilities. Objective. To assess occupational exposure to needle stick and sharp injuries and associated factors among health care workers in Awi zone, 2016. Methods. institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among 193 health care workers. Study participants were selected using systematic random sampling technique. Result. When queried, 18.7% of the respondents’ encountered needle stick and sharp injury in the last 1 year. Participants who practiced needle recapping and had job related stress were 21.3 and 7.3 times more likely to face needle stick and sharp injury, respectively. However, those who apply universal precautions and acquire the required skill were 99% and 96% times less likely to face needle stick and sharp injury, respectively, than their counterparts. Conclusion and Recommendation. The prevalence of needle stick and sharp injury was relatively low as compared to previous studies. Recapping of needle after use, job related stress, not applying universal precautions, and lack of the required skill were associated with needle stick and sharp injuries. Therefore, health care providers should apply universal precaution.

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Hegde, Nidarsh, Freddy Kersi Mistry, Soumi Samuel, and S. M. Sharma. "Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Of Spread of HIV Infection through Needle Stick Injury among Dental Paramedics." Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 06, no. 01 (March 2016): 039–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1708614.

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Abstract Aim: Study was conducted to know the knowledge of the paramedics working at Dental Institute, regarding spread of HIV infection through needle stick injury. Their current practice for the management of needle stick injury and their attitude for the same. Materials and Method : 100 paramedical staff working in a Dental Institute were selected randomly to participate in the study. Each one of the participant were requested to fill a structured survey form prepared by the surveyor reflecting their knowledge, practice and attitude of spread of HIV infection through needle stick injury. Results : The statistical analysis revealed the 92% of the paramedical staff knows what HIV infection is and that it can be spread through needle stick injury irrespective of their academic background. 42% of the paramedics have experienced needle stick injury, among which 95% have experienced 1-2 times a year. 61% of the needle stick injury have been reported by the paramedics with majority of them reporting to the head of the department followed by colleagues. According to the survey 95% of the paramedics followed the correct post injury protocol even though only 90% of them knew how to manage it correctly. 88% of the paramedics have been educated regarding the management of needle stick injury through the programme they have attended conducted by their respective institution. Conclusion : This survey revealed that knowledge of paramedics about the risk association of spread of HIV infection with needle-stick injuries and use of preventive measures was adequate. A standing order procedure (SOP) which if formulated regarding needle-stick injuries should be further encouraged by the head of the respective departments especially to those who have newly joined the institution to obtain still better safety measures.

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Langgartner, J., F. Audebert, J. Schölmerich, and T. Glück. "Dengue Virus Infection Transmitted by Needle Stick Injury." Journal of Infection 44, no. 4 (May 2002): 269–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/jinf.2002.0994.

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Bashir, Humaira, and Syed Shuja Qadri. "A study on needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in India." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 7, no. 4 (March 27, 2019): 1032. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20191014.

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Background: Needle stick injury among health workers is regarded as an occupational hazard. Health care workers are at risk of having blood-borne diseases in case they are exposed to blood and other biological samples of the patients. Moreover, staff including doctors working in tertiary care hospitals has high work load which results in increased chances of getting these injuries. The aim and objectives of this study were to find out the prevalence of needle stick injury among different categories of health care workers. Authors also aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices associated with it.Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study design to know the prevalence of needle stick injury among various health care workers of Karpagam Faculty of Medical Sciences and Research, a tertiary level care hospital in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. A total of 250 health care workers were selected for the study purpose. A self-designed, semi-structured, pre-tested questionnaire was used to assess the prevalence of needle stick injuries and the factors associated with it.Results: A majority of health care workers (94%) knew about needle stick injury and 92% were aware that HIV can be transmitted through needle stick injury, 78.4% and 69.65% were aware of Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C transmission respectively. About 28.4% of subjects had encountered needle stick injury in their past. Furthermore, it was found that type of exposure and place of exposure was significantly associated with different categories of health care workers (p <0.001).Conclusions: Prevention of health workers against needle stick injury is the best possible way to prevent several bloods borne diseases. There should be a prevention programme which special focus on training of health care workers. Further strategies aiming at preventive measures and reporting of the Needle stick injuries accidents should be made compulsory among health care workers.

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., Zarnigar, R. Elahi, T. Sagir, T. Zia, W. Latif, and T. Laique. "Knowledge of Nurses Regarding Prevention From Needle Stick Injuries in Tertiary Care Hopital Lahore Pakistan." Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 15, no. 5 (May 30, 2021): 1479–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs211551479.

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Nurses got exposed to various blood borne infections due to injury from different types of sharp instruments like needles, lancets, scissors etc. Such injuries ultimately became the reasons of blood borne diseases. Objectives: To analyze the knowledge and attitude of nurses about prevention from needle stick injury and the magnitude of such incidents in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Lahore. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: Study setting was tertiary care hospitals of Lahore-Pakistan after ethical review committee’s (ERC) approval. Data was collected from nurses by using self-administered questionnaire from different department of tertiary care hospitals, Lahore. Convenient sampling technique was used, and sample size was 93. Statistical analysis: SPSS 21 was utilized for the data analysis. The tests of frequencies, percentages and graphs were applied. Results: Needle stick injuries association was measured with working experience among nurses. There was statistically significant difference found between the NSIs among (59%) nurses, who were having more working experience (22-24) about handling of needle during any procedure as compared to the nurses who lack in experience. The study results showed that majority of nurses have enough knowledge concerning to NSIs. Conclusion: We concluded that nurses have knowledge regarding the needle stick injury due to the training classes, however, ignorance of the protocols becomes the reason of such incidents even now. It is the need of time to implement appropriate strategies for precaution and intervention through hospital administration to avoid the needle stick injuries. Key Words: Needle Stick Injury, Re-capping of needles, Attitude and Knowledge.

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Nanda, Lavanya. "Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program regarding Prevention of Needle Stick Injury among Nursing Students." Indian Journal of Holistic Nursing 10, no. 01 (November 19, 2019): 27–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/2348.2133.201904.

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Masoodi, Mohsen, Haleh Chehrehgosha, Marjan Mokhtare, Amir Hossein Faghihi, and Shahram Agah. "A Comparison between the New and the Conventional Method for Recapping of Needles in a Hospital Setting." Global Journal of Health Science 9, no. 3 (July 12, 2016): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v9n3p103.

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INTRODUCTION: Needle stick injury is a common and serious event despite training and education and preventive strategies. The common form of the needle stick among health care workers can be occurred while recapping of needle and it is important because of the risk of transferring infectious strains. With aim of reducing the needle stick injury we compared the results of a new recapping method as high dropping cover to a needle and then try to fix it for frequency of needle stick injury and impending to injury among a sample of nurses.METHODS & MATERIAL: One hundred and fifty nurses from different hospital wards participated in the study. Both conventional method (holding syringe with needle attached in one hand, slip needle into the cap with using other hand) and the new method (high drop of cover over needle without slip with hand) were performed by each nurses (each one for 10 times) consecutively as rapidly possible under observation.RESULTS: In this study, most of the needle stick injury belonged to the conventional method compared to the new method (8.0% versus 2.9%). It was accompanied with the higher rates of impending to injury (29.3% versus 18.0%). The rate of impending to injury in the conventional method was as one time in 15.3%, two times in 10.0% and three times in 4.0%, while one, two, and three times of impending to injury occurred in 12.9%, 4.3%, and 0.7%, respectively in the new method.CONCLUSION: Described new method for recapping is superior to the conventional method leading lower needle stick injury and lower impending to injury.

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Mengistu, Dechasa Adare, Sina Temesgen Tolera, and Yohannes Mulugeta Demmu. "Worldwide Prevalence of Occupational Exposure to Needle Stick Injury among Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 2021 (January 29, 2021): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9019534.

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Background. Healthcare workers are at high risk of occupational exposure to needle stick injury worldwide. Occupational exposure to needle stick injury represents the most common sources of infection such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus. Thus, this review aimed to determine the career time and previous one-year global pooled prevalence of occupational exposure to needle stick injury among healthcare workers. Methods. The review considered articles written in English language and published from 2012 to 2020. The articles were searched using nine electronic databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane library, Web of Science, SCOPUS, MedNar, and ScienceDirect) using a combination of Boolean logic operators (AND, OR, and NOT), Medical Subject Headings, and keywords. Quality assessment was performed to determine the relevance of the articles using Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. Several steps of assessment and evaluation were taken to select and analyze the relevant articles. Results. The worldwide pooled prevalence of needle stick injuries among healthcare workers during career time and previous one year was 56.2% (95% CI: 47.1, 64.9) and 32.4% (95% CI: 22.0, 44.8), respectively. The career time pooled prevalence of needle stick injuries based on the socioeconomic development and study area was 54.8% and 55.1%, respectively, and one-year pooled prevalence of needle stick injury was 26.0% and 20.9%. Conclusion. The review found a high prevalence of occupational exposure to needle stick injury among healthcare workers and suggests the need to improve occupational health and safety services in the healthcare systems.

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ARWA AHMED, AL-MOWARAIE, AL-QUTUB SULAFA, and AL-HARBI NAIF ABDULAZIZ. "Prevalence And Determinants Of Needle Stick Injury Among Nurses." International Journal of pharma and Bio Sciences 10, no. 1 (January 6, 2020): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.22376/ijpbs/lpr.2020.10.1.l7-14.

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Alrumayyan., AbeerAbdullah. "OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD: NEEDLE STICK INJURY AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS." International Journal of Advanced Research 6, no. 9 (August 31, 2018): 97–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/7649.

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Nirmala, V., and M. S. Suni. "Nursing Students’ Awareness and Occurrence of Needle Stick Injury." International Journal of Nursing Education 11, no. 3 (2019): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-9357.2019.00059.x.

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Khan, Sahrish, Atiq-ur Rahman, Muhammad Safdar Baig, Muhammad Hashim Raza, Faiz Rasul, and Muhammad Imran. "Needle stick injuries in healthcare workers of a secondary Care Hospital, Pakistan." Professional Medical Journal 27, no. 03 (March 10, 2020): 552–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.29309/tpmj/2020.27.03.3565.

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Needle Stick Injury (NSI) is a percutaneous piercing wound typically dealing with sharps. Needle stick injuries are the most common health care workers issue worldwide. The causes include various factors like type and design of needle, recapping activity, handling/transferring specimens, collision between HCWs or sharps, during clean-up, manipulating needles in patient line related work, passing/handling devices or failure to dispose of the needle in puncture proof containers. NSIs may transmit other bacterial, fungal, or viral infections, including blastomycosis, cryptococcosis, diphtheria, herpes, malaria, mycobacteriosis, spotted fever and syphilis. Objectives: To determine frequency of needle stick injury among health care workers. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: District Headquarter Hospital Layyah. Period: Jan to March 2019. Material & Methods: Sample size was 161. A structured pre-tested questionnaire containing both open and close-ended questions was administered during the period of Jan-March 2019. Results: Out of 161 participants, 114 (70.8%) reported having a needle stick injury at least once during their clinical practice and the frequency of NSIs was significantly higher among nurses (76.7%) as compared to Doctors (50%), Laboratory staff (45.5%) and waste handlers (70.8 %). Conclusion: Study concludes that in absence of the routine collection of accurate data on NSIs, small studies have been useful in highlighting which groups of HCWs are most at risk from NSIs.

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Singh, B., B. Paudel, and S. KC. "Knowledge and Practice of Health Care Workers regarding Needle Stick Injuries in a Tertiary Care Center of Nepal." Kathmandu University Medical Journal 13, no. 3 (February 26, 2017): 230–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v13i3.16813.

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Background Needle stick injuries are common health hazards among health care workers. Considering the increasing prevalence of body fluid borne infectious diseases; knowledge regarding the common errors and universal precautions are vital for the prevention of such accidents.Objective This study aimed to assess for knowledge and practice approaches among health care workers regarding needle stick injuries.Method This is a cross sectional survey was conducted using an anonymous, self-reporting 25-item structured questionnaire at a tertiary care center of central Nepal. A total of 165 health care personnel of working experience of more than 6 months were included in the study. Questionnaire included aspects of prevalence and knowledge on needle stick injury, hepatitis B immunization status and post exposure prophylaxis for HIV.Result Prevalence of needle stick injury was found to be 703 per 1000 health care worker (70.3%) during their working tenure and majority of the injury happened among nurses (p<0.05) besides other professions. Seventy nine (47.9%) participants experienced the injury more than one time in their career and the mean number of injury was 2.06±1.16. The practice of needle recapping is still prevalent and 80% participants often use single handed technique. Vaccination against hepatitis B virus was not completed by 31% health workers. Inadequate knowledge about post exposure prophylaxis for HIV was reported by 46% participants.Conclusion High prevalence of needle stick injury with a high rate of ignorance was noted. These issues need to be addressed, through appropriate education and interventional strategies.

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Chen, Yuxin, Bei Jia, Rui Huang, Xiaomin Yan, Yali Xiong, Liu Yong, and Wu Chao. "Occupational Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Following Needle-Stick Injury." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 38, no. 06 (April 11, 2017): 760–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.61.

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de Waal, N., H. Rabie, R. Bester, and M. F. Cotton. "Mass Needle Stick Injury in Children from the Western Cape." Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 52, no. 3 (November 16, 2005): 192–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmi094.

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Carrotte, Peter. "When Did Your Practice Last Have a Needle-Stick Injury?" Dental Update 28, no. 10 (December 2, 2001): 514. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/denu.2001.28.10.514a.

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Froom, Paul, Estela Kristal-Boneh, Samuel Melamed, Avi Shalom, and Joseph Ribak. "Prevention of needle-stick injury by the scooping-resheathing method." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 34, no. 1 (July 1998): 15–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199807)34:1<15::aid-ajim3>3.0.co;2-p.

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Ledinski Fičko, Sanja, Janko Babić, Biljana Kurtović, Martina Smrekar, Ana Marija Hošnjak, and Matija Mlinar. "Nursing Student’s Knowledge about Understanding and Prevention of Needle Stick Injury." Croatian nursing journal 4, no. 1 (June 16, 2020): 73–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.24141/2/4/1/6.

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Introduction. Needle stick injury (NSI) is an occupational health and safety issue. Nursing students are prone to NSI due to lack of experience with handling needles and sharps. Aim. To determine the level of knowledge about the prevention of NSI and examine the level of knowledge about the post-exposure procedure and the students’ understanding of NSI. Methods. The study was conducted in 2017 at the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb. The participants were nursing students from all regions of Croatia. The data was collected using a questionnaire containing 17 questions specifically designed for this study. One question had three subquestions and one had five subquestions regarding the knowledge of how to react if a needle stick injury occurs. The participants also responded to a questionnaire on their socio-demographic data. Results. The study included 149 students. The results show that 16 students have experienced NSI. A statistically significant difference was observed among students who have finished a secondary medical school in the answers about post-NSI interventions and in answers to the question of whether the needle should be recapped. The respondents from medical schools answered correctly. A statistically significant difference was observed among students from non-medical secondary schools in the answers about education on post-exposition procedures and in the answers about necessary action following a needle stick injury. The respondents from non-medical secondary schools had higher scores. Conclusion. The results of this study can be used to establish appropriate education strategies, increase the awareness of needle stick injuries and minimize the occurrence of these injuries among nursing students in Croatia.

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Camacho-Ortiz, Adrián, Xiomara Díaz-Rodríguez, Mayra Martínez-Palomares, Raúl Hernández-García,, Susana Chávez-Moreno, Elvira Garza-González, Rafael Valdez-Vázquez, and Irlanda Díaz-Pino. "Exposure and Knowledge of Sharps Injuries among Medical Students in Seven States of Mexico." International Journal of Medical Students 3, no. 1 (May 24, 2015): 24–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2015.109.

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Background: Medical students are vulnerable to accidental exposure to blood-borne pathogens when performing clinical activities. Knowledge of both the prevalence of exposure and necessary reporting procedures is important to minimize the risk of harm to medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of medical students from 19 universities from seven states in Mexico was utilized to determinethe prevalence of needle stick injuries amongst medical students and the associated reporting procedures. Results: We included 312 respondents; of these, 52.24% were men and 47.76% were women, and the mean age was 23.19 years (SD ± 2.11 years). Nearly all of them (94.23%) were medical students doing clerkships in public hospitals. Mean knowledge score of blood-borne pathogens was 3.6 (SD ± 1.16) on a scale of 0-10 designed specifically for this study. Thirty-five per cent of the respondents had sustained a needle stick injury at some point during their medical school training, and 33.97% reported some type of mucocutaneous exposure. Overall, the non-reporting rate of needle stick injury was 48.34%. Approximately 25% of the respondents were not familiar with reporting procedures in the event of a needle stick injury or mucocutaneous exposure; 61.50% had received information from their hospital about the standard protocol to follow after a blood or body fluid exposure. Conclusion: In this Mexican population of medical students, there is a high risk of suffering needle stick injuries during medical training. Furthermore, knowledge regarding prevention, evaluation, and reporting of needle stick injuries is suboptimal.

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Gupta, Dharmendra, Shashi Saxena, Vijender Kumar Agrawal, Meenakshi Singh, and Saurabh Mishra. "Study of knowledge, attitude and practice of needle stick injury among nurses in a tertiary care hospital." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 2 (January 24, 2019): 865. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190221.

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Background: Needle stick injuries (NSIs) are a hazard for people who work with hypodermic syringes and other needle equipment. These injuries can occur at any time when people use, disassemble, or dispose of needles. Needle Stick and Sharps Injuries (NSSIs) are one of the major risk factors for blood-borne infections. The aim and objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and prevalence of NSIs among nurses in a private tertiary care hospital of district Bareilly; to recommended the preventive measure to control the injuries.Methods: A survey has been conducted in August 2013 to February 2014 among the nurses. This is a cross-sectional study. A purposive sampling was done aimed at covering at least 50 trained nurses and 50 nursing students working in a private tertiary care hospital Bareilly.Results: The prevalence of needle stick injuries per year equals 69.0%. Self inflicted were most common among nurses working in the wards. Instruments contaminated with infectious material accounted for the injuries in the study group of nurses.Conclusions: NSSIs are highly prevalent among nurses, and prevention is the most effective way to protect nurses from infectious diseases. The most common cause of injuries from needles was an improper handling of syringes and needles after injections.

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Bajracharya, Manjari, and Sushila Bhandari. "Needle Stick Injuries: A study Among Health Care Workers Tertiary Care Centre Nepal." Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital 17, no. 1 (April 30, 2018): 44–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/mjsbh.v17i1.18871.

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Introduction: A needle stick injury is a percutaneous piercing wound typically set by a needle point but possibly also by other sharp instruments or objects commonly encountered by health care professionals because of the risk to transmitting blood borne diseases like Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C (HCV) and Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV). The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, causes, awareness and knowledge regarding Needle Stick Injury among health care workers Tertiary Care Centre of Nepal.Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in 350 staffs of Tertiary Care Centre Nepal, from June to August 2013. Data was collected through semi-structured self-administered questionnaire. All the collected data was processed and analyzed by using descriptive statistics namely the frequency and percentage. Results: The study showed that out of the 350 respondents, 65.1% had there medicinal years of practices extended to five years. Among the responses 44.8% mentioned, highest number of needle prick was observed when recapping the needles due to long working hours. About 64.6% respondents washed their hands with soap, water or other antiseptics for effective post exposure preventive measures and 24.9% had access to infection control protocol.Conclusions: Despite the awareness regarding needle stick injury and its preventive measures, health care workers are yet bound to face it often during their surgical or medicinal area of practice due to monotonous and long working hours.

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Nawafleh, Hani A., Shalabia El Abozead, Muwafaq M. Al Momani, and Heyam Aaraj. "Investigating needle stick injuries: Incidence, knowledge and perception among South Jordanian nursing students." Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 8, no. 4 (November 29, 2017): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v8n4p59.

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Needle stick injury (NSI) is one of the major causes of blood borne infections in the present day healthcare system. Among healthcare professionals, nursing students will most likely be exposed to this dilemma. Interventions like institutionalizing educational programs to produce awareness and knowledge among nurses can depict positive outcomes in changing perceptions toward safety measures. This study aimed to investigate the incidence, perspectives, views, perceptions, and knowledge of NSIs among nursing students studying at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. The sample population consisted of all undergraduate nursing students from second to fourth academic levels at the university who consented to participate in this study. The mode of data collection utilized a self-structured questionnaire apportioned into four parts. The first portion of the questionnaire presented the socio-demographic details of the respondents. The second part of the questionnaire demonstrated questions about needle stick incidences at the clinical units of the participants; frequency of occurrences (i.e., number, nature, and rationale); place of occurrence; and, whether the event was reported to higher authorities. The third part of the questionnaire entailed queries associated with the knowledge of the students with respect to needle stick injury. The last part focused on the student's knowledge and perception on the risks associated to needle sticks injuries and the relative precautions to prevent such. The results showed that most of the students had positive perception of NSIs; while two thirds of the student nurses experienced NSI with increasing number of injured nurses occurring among second year students. This is due to the lack of knowledge regarding universal precaution guidelines and acupuncture safety device. Nursing students are at risks of getting infection. Proper steps are needed to promote awareness of NSI as well as the dangers and prevention from such events.

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Thomas, WJC, and JRD Murray. "The Incidence and Reporting Rates of Needle-Stick Injury Amongst UK Surgeons." Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 91, no. 1 (January 2009): 12–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588409x359213.

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INTRODUCTION Needle-stick injuries are common. Such accidents are associated with a small, but significant, risk to our career, health, families and not least our patients. National guidelines steer institution-specific strategies to provide a consistent and safe method of dealing with such incidents. Surgeon-specific guidelines are not currently available. We have observed that hospital sharps policy is often considered cumbersome to the surgeon, resulting in on-the-spot decision making with potential long-term implications. By their essence, these decisions are inconsistent, not reproducible and, thus, we believe them to be unsafe. The under-reporting to occupational health departments is well documented. Current surgical practice has the potential to expose the surgeon to unnecessary risk. The aims of this study were to establish the true incidence of contaminations caused by needle-stick injury in our hospital and to assess how well current protocols are really implemented. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We identified all surgeons of consultant, non-career staff grade (NCSG) and registrar grade working in a large 687-bed district general hospital serving a population of 550,000, in the UK. We designed a retrospective, anonymous 30-second survey. Surgeons' awareness and opinion of local policy was sought in a free-text section. RESULTS Of the 98 surgeons in the hospital, 77% responded to the questionnaire and 44% anonymously admitted to having a needle-stick injury. Only 3 of the 33 (9%) who sustained an needle-stick injury said that they followed the agreed local policy. Twenty-three surgeons (70%) performed first aid type procedures such as informing scrub nurse, changing needle and gloves. Seven surgeons (21%) simply ignored the incident and continued. Forty-three surgeons commented on the policy's nature with only 9 who regarded it as ‘user friendly’. CONCLUSIONS Needle-stick injury is still a common problem, particularly in the surgical cohort and remains significantly under-reported. The disparity between hospital sharps policy and actual surgical practice is considered and an explanation for the difference sought. Without this awareness of ‘real-life’ surgical practice, the occupational health figures for sharps injury will always tell a rosy story under-estimating a real problem. We strongly advocate universal precautions in the operating theatre. However, we acknowledge that sharps injuries will occur. We should remain vigilant and act upon contaminations without surgical bravado but with mater-of-fact professionalism. This includes regular review of policy and, particularly, promotion of surgical awareness.

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Thomas, Litha. "A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Nursing Students Regarding Needle Stick Injury at Selected Nursing College." International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 24, no. 5 (May 25, 2020): 6921–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.37200/ijpr/v24i5/pr2020690.

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Suliman, Mohammad, Mohammad Al Qadire, Manar Alazzam, Sami Aloush, Arwa Alsaraireh, and Faris A. Alsaraireh. "Students nurses' knowledge and prevalence of Needle Stick Injury in Jordan." Nurse Education Today 60 (January 2018): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.09.015.

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Zhang, L., Y. Ai, J. Liu, N. Yue, J. Xuan, V. Bal, S. Gala, EP Erdal, and X. Gao. "Economic Burden of Needle-Stick Injury Among Healthcare Workers in China." Value in Health 21 (September 2018): S86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2018.07.645.

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Joseph, G., C. Santosh, R. Marimuthu, M. H. Fraser, and A. N. McLean. "Spinal cord infarction due to a self-inflicted needle stick injury." Spinal Cord 42, no. 11 (August 24, 2004): 655–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.sc.3101619.

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Gogoi, Jurimoni, Sultana Jesmin Ahmed, Hiranya Saikia, and Ratna Sarma. "A study on knowledge, attitude, practice and prevalence of needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital of Assam." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 4, no. 6 (May 22, 2017): 2031. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20172171.

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Background: The objective of study was to determine prevalence of needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital of Assam and to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices on needle stick injuries among them.Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted from June 2016 to August 2016 amongst health care workers of a tertiary care centre of Assam. Sample size was calculated to be 90. A total of 10 departments were selected purposively based on their magnitude of risk exposure and the required sample size was allocated proportionally among these 10 departments. The required numbers of health workers from each of the ten departments were selected by using simple random sampling. A predesigned and pretested proforma was used to collect the data. Data were presented in terms of percentages and significance was tested using chi-square and Fisher’s exact test.Results: Prevalence of needle stick injury among the health workers was found to be 21.1%. Regarding spread of diseases after an accidental needle stick injury, 100% were aware of HIV, 98.9% were aware of Hepatitis B and 67.8% were aware of Hepatitis C. Regarding their attitude to report to in-charge medical officer, only 21.1% had reported about their injury. Around 58.9% of health care workers used gloves regularly for prevention of such injuries. Practice of recapping among the health care workers was 66.7% and out of total needle stick injuries, recapping contributed to 26.3%. While considering sharp waste disposal, 37.8% health care workers did not follow proper waste disposal guidelines. Only 26.3% of health care workers had done screening for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B after their injury.Conclusions: There is a need to have a pre-employment training to improve the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding accidental needle stick injuries among the health care workers.

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Rajpal, Shweta, Sunil Kumar Garg, Tanveer Bano, and Ganesh Singh. "Prevalence of needle stick injuries among health care workers of various hospitals: a cross sectional study in an urban district of North India." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 8, no. 4 (March 25, 2021): 1976. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20211265.

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Background: Needle stick injuries (NSI) are one of the dreaded but preventable occupational hazard posed to health care worker in various clinical settings. The causes of NSI includes injuries caused by use of hypodermic needles, blood collection needles, needles in intravenous delivery systems, needles in diagnostic aspiration procedures and needle in interventional or surgical procedures. In developing countries, needle stick injuries prevalence is also related to lack of standard operating protocol in various institution.Methods: A cross sectional observational study was carried out in 384 paramedical, technical, auxiliary and sanitary staff of three government and three private hospitals of Meerut from November 2015 to October 2016.Results: In our study, Overall prevalence of NSI was 77/384 (20.1%). Among sub-groups, needle stick injury was 26.6% and 31.3% in nurses, 37.5% and 16.7% in technicians, 15% and 12.5% in wardboys/aaya and 15.6% and 9.4% in sweepers of public and private hospitals respectively.Conclusions: Standard operating protocol is the need of the hour at every medical institution and hospitals for NSI. Regular training regarding NSI, promoting early reporting and availability of immediate Post exposure prophylaxis should be ensured.

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Shreejha M V, Kavitha S, Vishnupriya V, and Gayathri R. "Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Protocol After Needle Stick Injury among Medical Students." International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 11, SPL3 (September 11, 2020): 335–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.2937.

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Needle stick injuries are more prominent among health care professionals, and it can be defined as a wound of percutaneous piercing by a needle point or other sharp instruments and objects. Needle stick injury (NSI) is a significant risk towards the transmission of pathogens and diseases. This present study was aimed to assess the knowledge, awareness and prevalence of NSI among medical students. This is a cross-sectional study conducted among the medical students (104 student). The questionnaire was distributed through an online survey google forms among medical students to assess their knowledge and awareness towards the NSI. SPSS software was used to analyze the collected data. The Pearson Chi-square test was done in association with the year of study of the respondents. The survey results showed that 60.7% of the students were aware of the disease caused by the NSI, 35.5% students were aware of the measures to be taken when NSI occurs, 63.6% of the students said single handed technique is safe for needle recapping. The chi-square analysis showed that there is no association between the year of study and awareness on the protocol to be followed after NSI. The study revealed that knowledge about NSI and the preventive measures among medical students was inadequate. Hence, it is utmost important to make the medical students aware of the protocol for NSI and to train them on that.

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Xin, Kuah Yan, Sumaiya Zabin Eusufzai, Nafij Bin Jamayet, and Mohammad Khursheed Alam. "Knowledge and awareness regarding occupational needle stick and sharp injuries among dental personnel in Malaysia." Work 67, no. 1 (October 20, 2020): 165–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-203262.

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BACKGROUND: Accidental occupational injuries increase the risk of communicable diseases like hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among dental personnel. Such occupational injuries affect healthcare quality by enhancing dissatisfaction and lack of motivation to work among dental personnel. OBJECTIVE: The present study aims to assess knowledge and awareness regarding needle stick and sharp injury among dental personnel and compared the knowledge and awareness level about needle stick injuries between dental professionals and dental supporting staff working at the School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2016 to March 2017. The total sample included 112 registered dental personnel including dental professionals (lecturers, dental officers, and postgraduate students) and dental supportive staff (including staff nurses and dental surgery assistant) who were selected from the School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia at Kelantan District of Malaysia. Data were collected by a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: In our study 60.7% respondents answered correctly for all the statements regarding knowledge and 51.8% of the respondents answered correctly for the statements regarding awareness on needle stick and sharp injury. No significant difference of knowledge level has been observed between the dental professionals and dental supportive staff (p < 0.819), whereas the awareness level was significantly different between these two groups (p < 0.016). CONCLUSIONS: There is a difference regarding awareness level on needle stick and sharp injury between dental professionals and dental supportive staff in our study but no differences were found in knowledge level between two groups.

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Musekene, Emma, Perpetua Modjadji, and Sphiwe Madiba. "The Occurrence and Contributing Factors of Needle Stick and Sharp Injuries Among Dental Students in a South African University." Open Public Health Journal 13, no. 1 (April 24, 2020): 126–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874944502013010126.

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Background: Needle stick and sharp injuries are a global public health issue, mainly due to exposure to infectious diseases. Dental students, in particular, are at a high risk of needle stick and sharp injuries attributed to the restricted working space of the oral cavity and the routine use of sharp instruments, among other risks. Despite this growing body of knowledge on needle stick and sharp injuries in the dental setting, data is limited among dental students in South Africa. Objective: The study aimed to determine the occurrence and contributing factors of needle stick and sharp injuries among dental undergraduate students in a university in South Africa. Methods: A university based cross-sectional study was conducted among 248 dental students in the School of Oral Health Sciences using a census sampling. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on prevalence, procedures, instruments, reporting, contributing factors, training, protective strategies, and hepatitis B immunization. Data was analysed using STATA 14. Results: The response rate was 99% and the mean age of students was 24 years (SD=±4). Male students were 43% (107), while females constituted 57% (141) of the sample. One-hundred and one (41%) students reported being exposed to needle stick and sharps injuries. Most injuries (45%) occurred among students studying Bachelor of Dental and Surgery and among students in the 4th year (57%). The people at the departments of periodontology (39%), and maxillofacial and oral Surgery (25%) experienced most injuries. The main tools causing injuries were the syringe needle (52%) and the scaler (31%) while injecting a patient (34%), and scaling and polishing (26%) were common procedures. Eight (8%) students did not report their injury, even though the use of prophylaxis exposure was minimal (8%). Very few students (5%) were tested for a blood-borne virus after injury, while 23% did nothing with their injury and 43% opted to wash the injury under tap water. Lack of concentration (36%) and anxiety (19%) were reported as major contributing factors to injuries. Two hundred and forty six (99%) students were fully vaccinated against hepatitis B. Two hundred and nineteen (86%) students were aware of full details on the use of universal precautions. One hundred and eighty six (75%) students practiced needle recapping. Being in the 3rd year (AOR = 3.0, 95%CI: 1.4 - 6.3), 4th year (AOR = 5.0, 95%CI: 1.9 – 11) and 5th year (AOR=4.6, 95%CI: 2 -12.5) was significantly associated to injuries compared to students in the 2nd year of the study. Conclusion: The needle stick and sharp injuries were prevalent in this study, and factors implicated were lack of concentration and anxiety, as well as, age, academic year of study and training on handling of instruments. The burden of needle stick and sharps injuries among the dental professionals can be reduced by adhering to the current and universally accepted standard precautionary measures against needle stick and sharp injuries.

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Megnath, Aishwarya, Aliya Nusrath, and N. Asha Rani. "Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury among Interns of Rural Medical Teaching Hospital." Journal of Medical Sciences and Health 03, no. 02 (July 25, 2017): 14–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.46347/jmsh.2017.v03i02.004.

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Ju, Hyeon Jeong, and Ji Hyun Lee. "Structural Relationship of Variables Regarding Nurse's Preventive Action against Needle Stick Injury." Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 21, no. 2 (May 31, 2015): 168–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.2.168.

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