In a study of injection safety in Abha health district, Saudi Arabia, data were collected from 47 physicians and 85 nurses at 24 primary health care centres, using an observation checklist and an interview questionnaire. All centres used individually packed disposable syringes and puncture-proof containers to collect used needles. Needlestick injury in the previous year was reported by 14.9% of...

introduction: needle stick injuries (nsi) are major occupational hazards for health care workers. objectives: this study aimed to determine the epidemiology of needle sticks and sharp injuries among nurses of an iranian teaching hospital. materials and methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009 on 328 nurses in a health center in tehran. stratified random samples were...

Background The aim of the present study was to analyze prevalence needlestick injuries (NSI) trainee nursing students and understand cause injury psychological reactions following injury, take corresponding countermeasures prevent adverse consequences. Methods Multiple databases were used search for articles related NSI among interns. selected literature retrospectively evaluated by using Revie...

BACKGROUND Since the first texts on local anesthesia were written in the early 1900s, it has been widely quoted and believed that dorsal finger skin is less sensitive to needlestick pain than volar finger skin. The result is that the most commonly used finger block for local anesthesia is the dorsal two injection technique. METHODS In this study, the needlestick discomfort associated with dor...

Intensification of modern swine production has led to many new technologies, including needleless injectors. Although needleless injectors may increase productivity (by reducing injection time) and reduce needlestick injuries, the effect on risk for musculoskeletal disorders is not clear. This project will compare conventional needles with needleless injectors in terms of cost, productivity, in...

As mass COVID-19 vaccination programs roll out across the country, we are potentially faced with compromising workers’ health for sake of broader public health, as it relates to occupational exposure contaminated needles and syringes. We have opportunity provide recommendations that advance protection workers through industrial hygiene hierarchy controls, especially in light twentieth anniversa...