BACKGROUND Evaluation of a transplanted liver by Imaging techniques and enzyme changes is sensitive to hepatocellular or biliary problems, but in most instances liver allograft biopsies are performed in order to find out the final reason for these changes. OBJECTIVES It's been about 17 years (with more than 1326 cases) since the first liver transplantation in the Namazi Hospital of Shiraz Uni...

An unusual case of a self-inflicted intracardiac injury with a sewing needle caused a pneumothorax. Fewer than ten cases of needles in the heart have been reported in the recent medical literature; none of these cases was associated with presence of a pneumothorax. The literature regarding self-inflicted injury with needles in the heart is reviewed.

Background: Needle stick injuries are serious occupational hazards in the transmission of a variety bloodborne diseases, more than twenty pathogens can be transmitted through NSI including hepatitis B virus, C and human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) among healthcare workers. Objectives: Assess knowledge, attitude practice health care workers towards needle injuries. Determine prevalence its pre...

The lens epithelium occurs as a single sheet of epithelial cells on the anterior surface of the lens in most species studied. This sheet lies subjacent to the lens capsule which completely encloses the lens. Under normal conditions, in rabbit lens epithelium, mitotic activity is restricted to a peripheral area knoion as the germinative zone. However, under certain in vitro conditions and by inj...

background & objectives: blood-borne viral diseases represent one of the most potentially serious threats to healthcare workers & laboratory staff and since they can be asymptomatic for many years their true prevalence in medical staff have not been clearly determined. this study was carried out to determine the rate of seropositivity for hepatitis b & c viruses & hiv in the laboratory staff of...

BACKGROUND Although the prevalence of blood borne pathogens in many developing countries is high, documentation of infections due to occupational exposure is limited. Seventy percent of the world's HIV infected population lives in Sub-Saharan Africa, but only 4 % of cases are reported from this region. Under reporting of needle stick and/or sharps injuries in healthcare facilities was common. ...

background and objectives: exposure to contaminated needlesticks and sharp devices is an important occupational hazard among healthcare workers. the objective of this study was to gain further insight into prevalence and risk factors of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers. methods: a cross-sectional survey was carried out among 384 healthcare workers of two hospitals in ne...