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 ...

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 st...

background : accidental needle-stick injuries (nsis) are a hazard for health-care workers and general public health. nursing workers are at high risk for occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens (such as hbv, hcv and hiv) via sharp injuries of needle stick. methods : this descriptive analytical cross-sectional study was done on 158 nursing workers of khanevadeh hospital in tehran to study...

BACKGROUND In regional anaesthesia, there is a risk of direct nerve injury. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the diameter of the applied needle is associated with the magnitude of nerve injury after needle nerve perforation. METHODS In five anaesthetized pigs, the brachial plexus were exposed bilaterally. Up to eight nerves underwent needle nerve perforation using a 24 G pen...

Background Every health professional around the world is at risk of blood/body fluid exposure and needle stick/sharp injury as a result of exposure to blood or body fluids and needle or sharp injuries. However, the extent of these hazards and their driving forces are not well documented in Ethiopia. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess determinants of blood/body fluid exposure and needle s...

Herein, we described the first case of self-inoculation in a veterinarian with bovine Johne’s disease(BJD) attenuated vaccine in Iran that required medical attention. A needle-stick injury to the right thumb of ayoung veterinarian during vaccination of cattle with BJD vaccine resulted in an inflammation that not onlyfailed to resolve but also progressed to a lesion 2.5 cm in diameter. The usual...

background and objective: needle stick injuries (nsis) are a common potential risk for healthcare workers. the aim of this study was to evaluate preventive interventions against needle stick injury incidents among hcws.   methods: seven hospitals in the iranian chaharmahal-va-bakhtiari province were surveyed between march 2008 to march 2013. data of the needle stick injuries of healthcare worke...