Needle stick injuries in nurses at a tertiary health care facility
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...Similar fi ndings were reported by other workers.[12,15] Of the injured nurses, 83 (96....
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...In other studies,[15-17] maximum number of NSIs occurred during the recapping and drawing of blood for investigations....
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...Number of exposures in career? None Once More then once 72 (36,7) 31 (15,8) 93 (47,4) 21 (42,9) 2 (4,1) 26 (53,1) 41 (34,5) 23 (19,3) 55 (46,2) 10 (35,7) 6 (21,4) 12 (42,9) 0,1404...
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...Needle Stick Injury (NSI) has been identified as the foremost health allied concern around the globe.(1) Transmission of blood borne diseases associated with health care has always been an imperative public and medical concern....
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...Globally, more than 35 million Health Care Workers face the risk of sustaining a percutaneous injury with a contaminated sharp object every year.(3) Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that approximately 385,000 needles and sharps-related injuries occur every year to HCWs in the United States....
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...Needle stick injuries have the potential of annual transmission of 66,000 infections with HBV, 16,000 with HCV, and 1,000 with HIV worldwide.(3) More than 80% of the needle stick injuries can be prevented through the use of safety devices and effective safety programes....
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...According to a study conducted in Mulago, national referral hospital in Kampula, Uganda, the most important risk factors were recapping needles and handling needles without using gloves.(16) Our study has shown that the maximum number of Needle stick injuries 32....
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