Needlestick Injuries Among French Medical Students Eric Rosenthal, MD, Christian Pradier, MD, Olivia Keita-Perse, MD, Joëlle Altare, MD, Pierre Dellamonica, MD, Jill-Patrice Cassuto, MD ALTHOUGH THE RISK OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) infection through occupational exposures to blood has received considerable attention, relatively few studies have addressed blood exposure accidents (BEAs...

INTRODUCTION This paper studies the epidemiology of sharps and needlestick injuries amongst health care workers and the effectiveness of intervention measures implemented at a regional hospital, Singapore. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of sharps and needlestick injuries among healthcare workers of a regional hospital at Singapore between 1992 and 1997. Various interventions nam...

BMJf 1991;302:769-70 The use of needles is an essential part of providing medical care but is potentially hazardous to staff. Awareness of hazards, use of the correct equipment, and a consistent and careful technique are all of great importance in preventing needlestick injuries. To date 13 cases of occupationally contracted AIDS caused by needlestick injuries with hollow bore needles have been...

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...

Documentation of needlestick injuries was started in the Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore in 1993. In 1995 large sharps containers were introduced, accompanied by an intensive education programme. Details of documented injuries from 1993 to 1999 were analysed using the Epi-Info software. A total of 347 injuries occurred, mainly due to improper disposal of needles, re-capping and care...

TWO NURSES spoke out last week about their harrowing experiences of hepatitis diagnoses following needlestick injuries.

  Background: Health care workers occupationally are exposed to blood and other body fluids which might increase their risk of acquiring blood-borne pathogens and psychological stress . The aim of the present study was to determine the lifetime occupational exposure to needlestick injuries and body fluids among doctors and medical students in Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (2009)...