Needlestick Injuries
Accidents, Occupational
Gloves, Surgical
Blood-Borne Pathogens
Infectious organisms in the BLOOD, of which the predominant medical interest is their contamination of blood-soiled linens, towels, gowns, BANDAGES, other items from individuals in risk categories, NEEDLES and other sharp objects, MEDICAL WASTE and DENTAL WASTE, all of which health workers are exposed to. This concept is differentiated from the clinical conditions of BACTEREMIA; VIREMIA; and FUNGEMIA where the organism is present in the blood of a patient as the result of a natural infectious process.
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Nursing Service, Hospital
Veterinarians
Animal Technicians
Assistants to a veterinarian, biological or biomedical researcher, or other scientist who are engaged in the care and management of animals, and who are trained in basic principles of animal life processes and routine laboratory and animal health care procedures. (Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)
First Aid
Veterinary Medicine
Universal Precautions
Risk Management
The process of minimizing risk to an organization by developing systems to identify and analyze potential hazards to prevent accidents, injuries, and other adverse occurrences, and by attempting to handle events and incidents which do occur in such a manner that their effect and cost are minimized. Effective risk management has its greatest benefits in application to insurance in order to avert or minimize financial liability. (From Slee & Slee: Health care terms, 2d ed)
Occupational Exposure
Restraint, Physical
Medical Staff, Hospital
Wounds and Injuries
Truth Disclosure
Truthful revelation of information, specifically when the information disclosed is likely to be psychologically painful ("bad news") to the recipient (e.g., revelation to a patient or a patient's family of the patient's DIAGNOSIS or PROGNOSIS) or embarrassing to the teller (e.g., revelation of medical errors).
Hospitals, Teaching
Medical Waste
Hepatitis B
Housekeeping, Hospital
Brain Injuries
Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.
Questionnaires
Spinal Cord Injuries
Health Personnel
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.)
Liability, Legal
Biopsy, Needle
Hospitals, District
Lymphoma, T-Cell
Glove usage and reporting of needlestick injuries by junior hospital medical staff. (1/257)
The use of gloves when conducting invasive procedures and the reporting of needlestick injuries have been strongly encouraged. Despite this, neither practice appears to be universal. In order to determine the rates of glove usage and needlestick injury reporting, we conducted a survey of junior doctors in three hospitals in the UK. Of the 190 respondents, the majority rarely wore gloves for venesection, insertion of intravenous cannulas or arterial blood gas sampling. For more major procedures (insertion of central venous lines, insertion of thoracostomy tubes, suturing) gloves were invariably worn. Only 17.5% of needlestick injuries were reported. The rates of glove usage and needlestick injury reporting were lower than previous studies have demonstrated in North America. Surgeons suffered the most needlestick injuries and were the least likely to report them. The low reporting rate may have serious implications, particularly in view of the new Government guidelines on needlestick injuries which involve HIV-infected blood. By failing to use gloves and report needlestick injuries, junior doctors, in particular surgeons, are placing themselves and patients at increased risk of blood-borne transmissible diseases. (+info)Needlestick and sharps injuries among health-care workers in Taiwan. (2/257)
Sharps injuries are a major cause of transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses and human immunodeficiency virus in health-care workers. To determine the yearly incidence and causes of sharps injuries in health-care workers in Taiwan, we conducted a questionnaire survey in a total of 8645 health care workers, including physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians, and cleaners, from teaching hospitals of various sizes. The reported incidence of needlestick and other sharps injuries was 1.30 and 1.21 per person in the past 12 months, respectively. Of most recent episodes of needlestick/sharps injury, 52.0% were caused by ordinary syringe needles, usually in the patient units. The most frequently reported circumstances of needlestick were recapping of needles, and those of sharps injuries were opening of ampoules/vials. Of needles which stuck the health-care workers, 54.8% had been used in patients, 8.2% of whom were known to have hepatitis B or C, syphilis, or human immunodeficiency virus infection. Sharps injuries in health-care workers in Taiwan occur more frequently than generally thought and risks of contracting blood-borne infectious diseases as a result are very high. (+info)Needlestick injury in clothing industry workers and the risks of blood-borne infection. (3/257)
This paper identifies the hazard of a hollow needle device used extensively in the clothing industry and assesses the risk of transmission for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. A substantial risk of transmission is suggested and measures have been advised for its control. Occupational Health Physicians are advised to be aware of hollow needles in other industrial processes and where risks of cross-infection exist, the same safety considerations should be applied as in clinical medicine and veterinary work to avoid needlestick injuries. Needle sharing must be avoided. (+info)Sensible approaches to avoid needle stick accidents in nuclear medicine. (4/257)
OBJECTIVE: Needle sticks are a continuous concern in the health care environment because of the prevalence of bloodborne pathogens in today's society. Radioactive contamination is another concern with needle sticks during nuclear medicine and nuclear pharmacy procedures. In our institution, substantial efforts have been made to prevent needle sticks, but they still occur occasionally. The purpose of this project was to analyze different practices and products to determine the best protocol in an effort to avoid further needle sticks. METHODS: The nuclear medicine technologists were surveyed to determine how many needle sticks have occurred and the situation behind each occurrence. Using our initial survey, the circumstances involved in each incident were reviewed, suggestions considered, and various means of protection analyzed. Five options were presented in a second survey. RESULTS: The results of the second survey showed that technologists favored the newly designed needle-capping blocks for preventing needle sticks in their daily routine procedures. CONCLUSION: The newly designed needle-capping block is best suited for both nuclear medicine and nuclear pharmacy laboratories. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of this new approach in preventing needle sticks. (+info)Reported needlestick and sharp injuries among health care workers in a Greek general hospital. (5/257)
Between July 1990 and June 1996, 284 exposures to infectious material were reported by 247 health care workers (HCWs) at AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece, representing an overall rate of 2.4% reported injuries per 100 HCWs/year. Nurses reported the highest rates of incidents (3.0%) and in all but one working group women exhibited higher injury rates per year than male HCWs. Young workers (21-30 years old) were primarily affected in incidents (P < 0.001). Needles were the most common implement causing injury (60.6%) and resheathing of used needles as well as garbage collection were common causes of injury. None of the HCWs seroconverted in exposures where immune status to blood-borne pathogens was estimated. Efforts by the infection control committee need to be more intense, in order to increase the rate of reported staff injuries. This will facilitate identification of unsafe practices and provide more adequate preventive measures. (+info)Safety of immunization injections in Africa: not simply a problem of logistics. (6/257)
In 1995, the WHO Regional Office for Africa launched a logistics project to address the four main areas of immunization logistics: the cold chain, transport, vaccine supply and quality, and the safety of injections in the countries of the region. The impact of this logistic approach on immunization injection safety was evaluated through surveys of injection procedures and an analysis of the injection materials (e.g. sterilizable or disposable syringes) chosen by the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) and those actually seen to be used. Re-use of injection materials without sterilization, accidental needle-stick injuries among health care workers, and injection-related abscesses in patients were common in countries in the WHO African Region. Few health centres used time-steam saturation-temperature (TST) indicators to check the quality of sterilization and, in many centres, the injection equipment was boiled instead of being steam sterilized. Facilities for the proper disposal of used materials were rarely present. Although the official EPI choice was to use sterilizable equipment, use of a combination of sterilizable and disposable equipment was observed in the field. Unsafe injection practices in these countries were generally due to a failure to integrate nursing practices and public awareness with injection safety issues, and an absence of the influence of EPI managers on health care service delivery. Holistic rather than logistic approaches should be adopted to achieve safe injections in immunization, in the broader context of promoting safe vaccines and safety of all injections. (+info)A comparison of certain practice characteristics of dental anesthesiologists in Canada and the United States. (7/257)
An existing database was used to compare aspects of dental anesthesiology practice of dental anesthesiologists in Canada (n = 32) and the United States (n = 123). Data focusing on percutaneous injuries were obtained through a mailed questionnaire that was returned anonymously. Respondents provided information on the treatment of patients under deep sedation or general anesthesia only. Eighty-one percent of Canadians and 61% of Americans returned the questionnaire. The vast majority (84%) of injuries reported were due to sharps associated with general dentistry compared with those associated with anesthesiology. Canadians were more likely to be operator-anesthetists (P < .01) and to experience a percutaneous injury (P < .01) than US practitioners. American practitioners were more likely to have a greater proportion of the caseload under the age of 20 (P < .02). No other significant differences were observed. These results illustrate a number of unique attributes of the practice of dental anesthesiology in these 2 countries. (+info)The occupational risk to dental anesthesiologists of acquiring 3 bloodborne pathogens. (8/257)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the occupational risk to dental anesthesiologists of contracting 3 bloodborne pathogens: hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHODS: Through an anonymously returned, mailed questionnaire, dental anesthesiologists in Canada and the United States provided information regarding percutaneous and mucocutaneous contacts with contaminated fluid during the treatment of patients under deep sedation and general anesthesia as well as other general practice information. A mathematical model was applied to determine the occupational risk. RESULTS: Of the 101 (65%) returned questionnaires, 98 reported having treated patients within the previous 6 months. Of these, 41 (42%) had at least one percutaneous accident (89 accidents in total), and the projected mean annual injury rate for dental anesthesiologists overall was 1.82. The most common causes of injury were burs, intraoral needles, and dental instruments. Operator error during use was associated with 31% of reported accidents. Significantly more injuries were reported by those who also reported a mucocutaneous contact and by those working more than 25 hours per week. The projected mean annual number of mucocutaneous exposures was 0.88 for dental anesthesiologists overall. CONCLUSIONS: The calculated annual risk to the average dental anesthesiologist of acquiring HBV (if not immune), HCV, and HIV following percutaneous injury was very low for all infections (HBV the most; HIV the least). The risk of contracting HIV following mucocutaneous contact was extremely low. (+info)
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Needleless connector
"Needlestick injury , betterhealth.vic.gov.au". www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-03-16. "CDC - Bloodborne Infectious ... Needlestick injuries can be very serious and potentially expose a healthcare professional to bloodborne infectious diseases ... Needleless connectors (also known as NC's) were developed to reduce needlestick injuries, which occurs when the skin is ... Diseases - Emergency Needlestick Information - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic". www.cdc.gov. 2018-11-21. Retrieved ...
Scalpel
... blade injuries were among the most frequent sharps injuries, second only to needlesticks. Scalpel injuries made up 7 ... "Needlestick and Sharp-Object Injury Report. US EPINet Network". Advances in Exposure Prevention. 7 (4): 44-45. 2005. Fuentes, H ... "Sharps Injury Prevention Workbook". Cdc.gov (Centre for Disease Control and Prevention). Sinnott M.; Wall D. (2007). "'SCALPEL ... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 1,000 people were subject to accidental needle sticks ...
Safety syringe
A safety syringe is a syringe with a built-in safety mechanism to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries to healthcare workers ... The direct cost of needlestick injuries was calculated in a recent study to be between $539 and $672 Million US Dollars[ ... Legislation requiring safety syringes or equivalents has been introduced in many nations since needlestick injuries and re-use ... "Health Care Worker Health and Safety: Preventing Needlestick Injury and Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens" (PDF). ...
Ken Strauss
Strauss K. Risk of needlestick injury from injecting needles. Nurs Times. 2012;108:12, 14, 16. Strauss K. Synopsis of the WISE ... Needlestick injuries in European nurses in diabetes. Diabetes Metab. 2012;38 Suppl 1:S9-14. Strauss K. L'innovazione ...
Janine Jagger
She has been devoted to reducing needle stick injuries. 2002 MacArthur Fellows Program Prevention and Control of Nosocomial ... Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention, David Hemenway, University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-25845-7 ... "Progress in Preventing Sharps Injuries in the United States", Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety, Second Edition, CRC Press, ...
Hospital-acquired infection
"Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens;Needlestick and Other Sharps Injuries; Final Rule. - 66:5317-5325". Osha.gov. ...
Ebola virus disease in the United Kingdom
"Second UK military Ebola worker flies back home after needlestick injury". The Guardian. 2 February 2015. "How the UK ... Healthcare workers who sustained needlestick injuries in January 2015 while caring for Ebola patients were put under medical ... contracted Ebola in an accidental needlestick injury from a contaminated needle while handling samples from Africa. He was ... "Ebola: military healthcare worker returns to UK after needle injury". The Guardian. 31 January 2015. " ...
Needle remover
One of the most common causes of needle-stick injuries, which the Needlestick Act and Bloodborne Pathogens Standard were ... 93 to 4.68 injuries per person and per year, which is five times higher than in industrialized nations. Needle-stick injuries ... In regions surveyed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the reported number of needle-stick injuries in developing world ... In developing countries, the risk of disease transmission is elevated due to the high percentage of needle-stick injuries, ...
Local anesthetic
This LA system is designed to prevent needlestick injury. A cartridge of LA fits into the disposable needle, which can be ... Symptoms may continue to improve for up to 18 months following injury. ... and self-inflicted periodontal tissue injury,[40][41] as well as decreased cardiovascular disturbances.[42] Its usage as a ... or many other conditions in which tissue injury occurs. In a medical setting, pain alleviation is desired when its warning ...
Blood-borne disease
Blood poses the greatest threat to health in a laboratory or clinical setting due to needlestick injuries (e.g., lack of proper ... Use needles with safety devices to help prevent needlestick injury and exposure to blood-borne pathogens. A hierarchy of ... This has been shown to reduce bloodborne diseases transmitted via needlestick injuries. Engineering controls: Isolate people ... 2010) Sharps Injuries among Hospital Workers in Massachusetts, 2010: Findings from the Massachusetts Sharps Injury Surveillance ...
Peripheral venous catheter
Newer catheters have been equipped with additional safety features to avoid needlestick injuries. Modern catheters consist of ...
Efavirenz
It may be used for prevention after a needlestick injury or other potential exposure. It is sold both by itself and in ... needlestick injuries, certain types of unprotected sex, etc.). Efavirenz is safe to use during the first trimester of pregnancy ...
Dominic Copeland
When he operates on Susan he loses concentration and has a needle stick injury. He is then told he has probably caught the ... Writers continued to create dramatic stories for the character when he contracts Hepatitis C from a needle stick injury. ...
Stavudine
It may be used for prevention after a needlestick injury or other potential exposure. However, it is not a first-line treatment ... needlestick) or through exposure to infected blood or other bodily fluids. It is always used in combination with other HIV ...
Veterinarian
Needlestick injuries are the most common accidents among veterinarians, but they are likely underreported. Needlesticks can ... needlestick injuries, ionizing radiation, and noise. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 12% of workers in the ... Most states in the US allow for malpractice lawsuit in case of death or injury to an animal from professional negligence. ... The animal species, work setting, health and safety practices, and training can all affect the risk of injury and illness. ...
List of accidents and incidents involving laboratory biosecurity
"Laboratory-acquired dengue virus infection by needlestick injury: A case report, South Korea, 2014". Retrieved 2021-02-13. " ... a 30-year-old female laboratory worker in South Koera working at a BSL-2 was infected with Dengue through a needlestick injury ...
Medicine in Star Trek
Among other benefits, the technology may help reduce the potential for needle-stick injuries. A needleless device may also help ...
Post-exposure prophylaxis
Occupational exposures include needlestick injury of health care professionals from an HIV-infected source. In 2012, the US ... needlestick injuries, or sharing needles). The CDC recommends PEP for any HIV-negative person who has recently been exposed to ... "Ignorance of post-exposure prophylaxis guidelines following HIV needlestick injury may increase the risk of seroconversion". ...
Injection (medicine)
To combat this, safety syringes exist which contain features to prevent accidental needlestick injury and reuse of the syringe ... To help prevent accidental needlestick injury to the person administering the injection, and prevent reuse of the syringe for ... Dart injection Jet injector Injection port Lethal injection Needlestick injury Needle remover Safety syringe "injection". ... both reuse prevention devices and a needlestick injury prevention mechanism for all injections to prevent accidental injury and ...
Sharps waste
Contrasts between the industrialized and developing world segment can be seen in accidental needle stick injuries. These occur ... Injuries from sharps waste can pose a large public health concern, as used sharps may contain biohazardous material. It is ... Steps must be taken along the way to minimize the risk of injury from this material, while maximizing the amount of sharps ... In 2000, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act was passed, along with the 2001 Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. Safety ...
Lugol's iodine
As a disinfectant it may be applied to small wounds such as a needle stick injury. A small amount may also be used for ...
Trichophyton verrucosum
2011). "Case report: Trichophyton verrucosum infection after needlestick injury with an attenuated live vaccine against cattle ... and needlestick injury during vaccination. Contact with horse blankets and cattle posts can also cause infection, and T. ...
Atazanavir
It may be used for prevention after a needlestick injury or other potential exposure (postexposure prophylaxis (PEP)). It is ...
Occupational hazards in dentistry
There are various needle stick injury prevention devices available for use in routine dental procedures. One example is of a ... Estimated % risk of transmission by needlestick injury 30 (5-40%) 3 (3-10%) 0.3 (0.2-0.5%) ... a b c d Scully, C and Samaranayake, L. (2013). Needlestick and occupational exposure to infections: a compendium of current ... Sharps injuriesEdit. Due to the nature of their work and the instruments used, both dentists and dental nurses are at great ...
Hepatitis B immune globulin
Needlestick injury "Hepatitis b immune globulin Use During Pregnancy". Drugs.com. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020. " ...
Needle sharing
By not disposing of needles in a safe way, users may expose others or themselves to a needle stick injury. If a sharps ... In the health care setting, use of blunt-end needles can minimize the risk of needle stick injuries. NEPs, also known as ... "Needle stick injuries". Paediatrics & Child Health. 13 (3): 211-20. March 2008. doi:10.1093/pch/13.3.211. PMC 2529414. PMID ...
United States environmental and occupational health in zoos
Other common injuries include needlestick injuries, radiation exposure from x-rays and animal related injuries such as bites ... There are numerous safeguards in place to prevent injury, disease, and death. Zookeeper or zoo workers are labeled dangerous ... "Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Reported by Zoo Veterinarians in the United States" December 2008[dead link] National ...
Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone
A worker at Kerry Town clinic was evacuated to the United Kingdom on February 2, 2015, after a needlestick injury. On 5 ...
Karen Daley
She worked as an emergency room nurse for many years until sustaining a needlestick injury on the job in 1998 while working at ... For Daley's work in needlestick injury prevention, she was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2006. Daley has ... former director of the American Nurses Credentialing Center and an advocate for the prevention of needlestick injury in ... encouraged the passage of a bill at the Massachusetts state legislature that required hospitals to report needlestick injuries ...
Culpable and reckless conduct
A police officer subsequently suffered a needle stick injury when searching the accused, who was laterally charged with " ... "recklessly causing injury". In the case of Robson v Spiers, establishes the forseeablity of potential danger or injury to the ... While injury may occur, this would not be deemed as assault, as assault cannot be committed in a reckless or negligent manner.[ ... Again there need not be any physical injury to a person, only the need to demonstrate possible endangerment to the public. A ...
Health professional
... and HIV/AIDS through needlestick injuries or contact with bodily fluids.[19][20] This risk can be mitigated with vaccination ... of work absences due to injury. These injuries most commonly result in strains and sprains; women, those older than 45, and ... Healthcare workers are at higher risk of on-the-job injury due to violence. Drunk, confused, and hostile patients and visitors ... Practicing a health care profession without a license which results in serious bodily injury classifies as a second degree ...
Injury
Needlestick injury. *Catastrophic injury. *Repetitive strain injury or other strain injury. *Other injuries from external ... Injury from internal causes such as reperfusion injury. By locationEdit. *Wound, an injury in which skin is torn, cut or ... Illness and injuries during spaceflight. Injury severity scoreEdit. The injury severity score (ISS) is a medical score to ... Traumatic injury, a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical collision or movement[9]*Avulsion injury ...
Zoonosis
In the US, studies have highlighted an increased risk to injuries and a lack of veterinary awareness for these hazards. ... needle-sticks, and cuts.[19] ... on occupational risks associated with musculoskeletal injuries ... Rood, Kerry A.; Pate, Michael L. (2 January 2019). "Assessment of Musculoskeletal Injuries Associated with Palpation, Infection ...
Intravenous therapy
The cover can accept hundreds of needle sticks during its lifetime. It is possible to leave the ports in the patient's body for ...
Tattoo medical issues
... in the case of a needle stick injury the amount of fluids transmitted may be small enough that HIV would be difficult to ...
Injection (medicine)
... which exposes healthcare workers and the community to the risk of needle stick injuries. In some countries, unsafe disposal can ... This reduces the risk of accidental needle sticks and exposure to other people.[citation needed] ... Such infections are also referred to as needlestick infections. ...
Pen needles
... are concerned about needle-stick injuries when disposing of a pen needle. A device called Autoshield Safety Pen Needles is ... Accidental needlesticks occur through improper 'pre-disposal' handling and transport of used needles by the patients themselves ... For these victims, each accidental needlestick causes not only a puncture wound but also the fear of possible secondary ... State legislative efforts to improve health care worker safety related to needlesticks... ...
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Wu S, Zeng Y, Lerner A, Gao B, Law M «Nervous System Injury and Neuroimaging of Zika Virus Infection» (en anglès). Front Neurol ... University of Minnesota «Needle stick infects lab worker with Zika virus» (en anglès). Zika News, 2016, 9 Jun [Consulta: 9 ... Congenital Zika virus infection induces severe spinal cord injury» (en anglès). Clin Infect Dis, 2017 Abr 21. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ ...
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Sexually transmitted infection
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Play piercing
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Needle exchange programme
... and lack of a national program to track needle stick injuries.[91] Community concern about discarded needles and needle stick ... Covered topics included the public health rationale behind NEPs (71%), police occupational health (67%), needle stick injury ( ... Beletsky L, Burris S, Macalino GE (2005). "Attitudes of Police Officers Towards Syringe Access, Occupational Needle-Sticks, and ... Police also reported anxiety about accidental needle sticks and acquiring communicable diseases from IDUs, but were not trained ...
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Zoonosis
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Savers
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Pain in babies
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Medical equipment management
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Western African Ebola virus epidemic
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Sexually transmitted infection
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NeedlesHealthcarePost Exposure PrOccurNSIsExposuresReported at least one needlestick injuryAccidentalReduce the risk of needlestickExposureMajority of needlestick injuriesRate of needlestick injuriesPrevention of needlestick injuriesHazardsWoundsSuffer a needlestick injuryWorkersPreventablePrevalenceRiskPreventing NeedlesticksExperience a needlestickWorkerNursesNIOSHPercutaneous injuryNeedle-stick and sharps injuriesBlood-bornePathogensInfectionsSustainOSHAFrequencyHealthHepatitisInfectionSignificantlyIncidence of needle-stick injuriesSharp2017HazardSyringeSafety and Prevention ActWashHypodermicRespondents
Needles43
- Promptly disposing of used needles in appropriate sharps disposal containers is one way you can help prevent needlestick injuries. (cdc.gov)
- Healthcare personnel who use or may be exposed to needles are at increased risk of needlestick injury. (cdc.gov)
- Needlestick injuries can be avoided by eliminating the unnecessary use of needles, using devices with safety features, and promoting education and safe work practices for handling needles and related systems. (cdc.gov)
- needle-stick injury n. a common accidental injury to the fingers and hands of nurses and doctors by contaminated injection needles. (encyclopedia.com)
- Needlestick injuries may also occur when needles are exchanged between personnel, loaded into a needle driver, or when sutures are tied off while still connected to the needle. (wikipedia.org)
- Blunt needles require much greater force to induce glove perforation than sharp needles which can protect surgeons from needle-stick injuries [ 4 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Many workers face the daily risk of injury from skin punctures caused by hypodermic needles and other sharp instruments. (ohsrep.org.au)
- The introduction of specially designed safer needles would greatly reduce the current number of injuries. (ohsrep.org.au)
- Ensure that all incidents regarding discarded needles and needlestick injuries are reported, recorded and investigated. (ohsrep.org.au)
- They are also known as "sharps" injuries as the category includes needles, blades and scalpels. (accidentadvicehelpline.co.uk)
- Used or dirty needles carry various infections and an injury carries the psychological overhead of the worry for days - or even weeks - over what the victim might have picked up through no fault of their own. (accidentadvicehelpline.co.uk)
- Between October 2006 and September 2007, a total of 605 needlestick injuries were reported within Scotland's biggest board, which buys around 2,123,027 needles annually. (nhsggc.org.uk)
- Injuries can be caused by accidental contact with needles or sharp objects which themselves have been in contact with blood or high-risk body fluids, or a human bite that breaks the skin. (nhsggc.org.uk)
- The Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration (OSHA) suggests preventive measures to reduce and eliminate needlestick exposures: use of safety device needles with mechanisms such as Self-Sheathing Safety Features, Retractable Technology, Self Blunting Technology or Needleless Connector Systems. (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
- Needlestick injuries are a common problem - when it comes to the causes of occupational exposure to bodily fluids in dentistry, accidental pokes with anesthetic needles are number one. (pacific.edu)
- There can be serious consequences of needle stick injuries in hospitals as large proportion of injuries involves used needles and sharps if health care workers do not take appropriate measures of protection. (omicsonline.org)
- Causes of sharps injury include various factors like type and design of needle, recapping activity, handling/transferring specimens, collision between HCWs or sharps, during clean-up, manipulating needles in patient line related work, passing/handling devices or failure to dispose of the needle in puncture proof containers [ 5 ]. (omicsonline.org)
- In addition, the risk of injuries from broken needles is nil. (digitaljournal.com)
- The use of blunt needles is proposed to prevent needle stick injuries. (cochrane.org)
- We reviewed the literature to evaluate the preventive effect of blunt needles compared to sharp needles on needle stick injuries among surgical staff. (cochrane.org)
- We concluded that there is high quality evidence that the use of blunt needles appreciably reduces the risk of contracting infectious diseases for surgeons and their assistants over a range of operations by reducing the number of needle stick injuries. (cochrane.org)
- The RCN write "The RCN has called on the Government and employers in the NHS to introduce needle policies and invest in safer alternatives to traditional needles to prevent needlestick injuries occurring. (ivteam.com)
- Many needlestick injuries are caused by the needles being disposed of carelessly. (blackwaterlaw.co.uk)
- Needlesticks occurred frequently among the sanitation workers interviewed in Mexico City, and their sightings of used hypodermic needles in trash occurred even more often. (scielosp.org)
- to patient's blood and transmission of infectious organisms In our experience, sharp needles were responsible for all has been recommended worldwide, by several healthcare needlestick injuries and the risk of glove perforation was authorities, also on the basis of a Cochrane review showing sevenfold lower when blunt needles were used. (deepdyve.com)
- The use of blunt needles seems to be a valid modality to References reduce the risk of intraoperative glove perforation, percu- taneous injuries and contact between exposed skin and 1. (deepdyve.com)
- Dauleh MI, Irving AD, Townell NH (1994) Needle prick injury to the surgeon: do we need sharp needles? (deepdyve.com)
- Healthcare workers are at a risk of contracting blood borne infections through injuries caused by contaminated needles and sharps. (ajol.info)
- Any injury caused due to needles used in health-care settings is called a needle stick injury. (healthcaremagic.com)
- In the hierarchy of priorities to prevent sharps injuries, the first priority is to eliminate and reduce the use of needles and other sharps wherever possible. (infusesafety.com)
- Most needlestick injuries occur where needles are incorrectly disposed of and instead of being placed in sealed biohazard bins, they are left in places not easily visible. (oakwoodsolicitors.co.uk)
- Injuries from needles and other sharp objects contaminated with blood can transmit at least 20 blood-borne pathogens to the health workers. (ac.ir)
- Needlestick injuries may also affect carers and children picking up used needles. (51digg.info)
- Sharps injuries are more likely to happen in several different situations including when needles are being manipulated in a patient, passing a needle or specimen to another worker, not disposing of a contaminated needle properly in a puncture proof container, transferring body fluids between containers or even when co-workers collide into one another while handling a sharp. (pahurtatwork.com)
- The recapping of needles is still recognized as a source of injury despite the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) prohibiting this dangerous practice. (pahurtatwork.com)
- If you are a medical employee working with syringes, needles and other sharp objects, it is imperative for you to take the proper safety precautions to ensure you do not suffer a workplace injury. (pahurtatwork.com)
- Needlestick injuries are wounds caused by needles that accidentally puncture the skin. (lommedical.com)
- By safely retracting contaminated needles using a novel pneumatic technology, LomMedical helps reduce the risk for accidental injuries of health workers. (lommedical.com)
- Needle Stick Injuries (NSI) with diabetes needles or lancing devices are one of the highest frequency sharps injuries in the healthcare setting [1] . (emergency-live.com)
- Hypodermic needles are ordinarily utilized as a part of therapeutic, veterinary and research facility work and needlestick wounds are a known hazard for individuals who work in these territories. (relaxinaminute.com)
- Increased awareness of the need for proper waste disposal practice among clinicians and healthcare staff reduce the risk of injury as well as infections from sharps, including contaminated needles and syringes. (tmrresearchblog.com)
- Needles with simple safety features that could have prevented many of those injuries have been on the market for nearly 10 years, but high profit margins demanded by manufacturers, employers balking at the extra cost and lax regulation have effectively kept the devices out of medical workers' hands," Carlsen wrote last week. (sfgate.com)
- Needlestick injuries can be very serious and potentially expose a healthcare professional to bloodborne infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. The needless connector should provide safe access to the catheter without the use of needles and enable the following:[citation needed] Minimize catheter occlusion risk. (wikipedia.org)
Healthcare45
- Among healthcare workers and laboratory personnel worldwide, more than 25 blood-borne virus infections have been reported to have been caused by needlestick injuries. (wikipedia.org)
- Increasing recognition of the unique occupational hazard posed by needlestick injuries, as well as the development of efficacious interventions to minimize the largely preventable occupational risk, encouraged legislative regulation in the US, causing a decline in needlestick injuries among healthcare workers. (wikipedia.org)
- In places with higher rates of blood-borne diseases in the general population, healthcare workers are more susceptible to contracting these diseases from a needlestick injury. (wikipedia.org)
- Needlestick injuries occur in the healthcare environment. (wikipedia.org)
- Nearly 400,000 U.S. healthcare workers experience accidental needlestick injuries every year - with some estimating an even higher number. (ohsu.edu)
- Needlestick injuries frequently occur among healthcare workers, introducing high risk of bloodborne pathogen infection for surgeons, assistants, and nurses. (hindawi.com)
- Needle-stick injuries are an important and common occupational injury among healthcare workers. (hindawi.com)
- Needle-stick injuries have been widely recognised as a source of exposure to bloodborne pathogens for workers in healthcare occupations [ 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Worldwide, more than 100 healthcare workers have contracted HIV from work-related needle-stick injuries and many thousands have contracted HBV or HCV [ 2 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Recently introduced guidelines for the prevention of sharps injuries in healthcare in Australia include, but do not mandate, access to and the use of safe engineered devices [ 10 ]. (hindawi.com)
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approximately 385,000 hospital-based healthcare workers experience occupational percutaneous injuries annually. (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
- Healthcare providers should always be encouraged and supported to report all sharps-related injuries to such departments. (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
- A modified method for retracting tissue while performing injections in patients' mouths, in order to avoid needlestick injuries to the healthcare provider. (pacific.edu)
- To protect healthcare professionals from accidental needlestick injuries, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines recommends the use of engineered sharps injury protection. (radiometeramerica.com)
- Citation: Hashmi A, Al Reesh SA, Indah L (2012) Prevalence of Needle-stick and Sharps Injuries among Healthcare Workers, Najran, Saudi Arabia. (omicsonline.org)
- Johannesburg EMS personnel are at high risk of sustaining a nee- controlled working conditions predispose EMS healthcare workers to dlestick injuries. (who.int)
- The World Health Organisation estimates there are approximately 3 million cases of needlestick injury (NSI) in healthcare workers (HCW) each year, with 90% of these occurring in developing countries 1 . (rrh.org.au)
- Mischke C, Verbeek JH, Saarto A et al (2014) Gloves, extra gloves gency operation could be effective in reducing the fre- or special types of gloves for preventing percutaneous exposure quency of injuries and glove perforation and increasing injuries in healthcare personnel. (deepdyve.com)
- Needlestick injuries-as well as any percutaneous injury that can expose a person to tainted blood or body fluids-have long been a concern to both healthcare workers and the public at large. (verywellhealth.com)
- Needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries that expose healthcare workers to bloodborne pathogens like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV), continue to be a significant hazard for hospital employees . (infusesafety.com)
- OSHA estimates 5.6 million workers in the U.S. healthcare industry are at risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens via needlestick injuries and other sharps-related injuries. (infusesafety.com)
- Each year 385,000 needlestick injuries and other sharps-related injuries are sustained by hospital-based healthcare personnel. (infusesafety.com)
- Including other non-acute healthcare facilities, it is estimated that 600,000 healthcare personnel incur a needlestick injury each year in the U.S. (infusesafety.com)
- Virtually all healthcare personnel are at risk of harm from occupational exposures such as needlestick injuries. (infusesafety.com)
- 1 Needlestick Injury Prevention Assessment Tool WHO PROJECT TO PREVENT NEEDLESTICK INJURY and HIV TRANSMISSION AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS March 2005 Combined tool for assessing the safety of injections, suturing, phlebotomy, intravenous access (insertion of IV and piggybacks), and needlestick injury prevention strategy among healthcare workers (injection providers and healthcare waste handlers). (docplayer.net)
- 1 Undoubtedly, one of the most dangerous occupational hazards in the healthcare environments is needle stick injuries. (ac.ir)
- Although healthcare workers are those most often affected by needlestick injuries, other occupations can be affected - eg, refuse collectors, cleaners and tattoo artists. (51digg.info)
- Even though percutaneous injuries remain the most commonly reported occupational exposures in the healthcare setting, they have decreased over time as a percentage of all exposures (from 79% in 2002 to 67% in 2011), whilst mucocutaneous exposures have shown an increase (from 21% in 2002 to 29% in 2011). (51digg.info)
- Every day while caring for the sick and injured, hundreds of thousands of nurses, physicians and other healthcare workers put themselves at risk for a needlestick or sharps injury. (pahurtatwork.com)
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are approximately 385,000 sharps-related injuries each year among healthcare providers in the workplace with 23 percent of them occurring in a surgical setting. (pahurtatwork.com)
- These types ofworkplace injuries can have severe consequences for healthcare workers. (pahurtatwork.com)
- The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act was passed and signed into law in the year 2000 to provide healthcare workers with increased protection against occupational exposures such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, malaria and numerous other infectious diseases. (pahurtatwork.com)
- Although the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act has helped to decrease the number of needlestick injuries in healthcare facilities, there are still injuries occurring too often. (pahurtatwork.com)
- Similar to workers in other industries, employees in healthcare settings who suffer from an occupational exposure from a needlestick or sharps injury are entitled to Workers' Compensation benefits to help cover the cost of medical expenses, lost income and other damages. (pahurtatwork.com)
- This study was conducted to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of needle stick and sharps injuries (NSSIs) among healthcare workers (HCWs), their follow-up and immunization status for hepatitis B virus (HBV) among injured workers in a terti-ary teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia. (biomedres.info)
- Where SIP devices are introduced, nine fewer healthcare workers out of every 1000 are likely to suffer a needlestick injury in a one year period (see WHO guideline on the use of safety-engineered syringes, p. 10 ). (lommedical.com)
- The healthcare professional treating you, will assess the risks to your health and ask about your injury and conduct tests like blood tests and give you advice on what the next stages are. (firstaidshow.com)
- Percutaneous injuries are a common problem among dentists, who are among the healthcare professionals most involved in occupational accidents. (bvsalud.org)
- The reported problem among dentists, who are among the risk associated with HCV exposures ranges from healthcare professionals most involved in 2.7% to 10%, and the risk of HBV exposures ranges occupational accidents 1,2 , particularly needlestick and from 5.0% to 45.0% 1 . (bvsalud.org)
- It is crucial to develop an exposure to this virus is a significant occupational effective strategy to monitor and manage needlestick hazard among healthcare workers 1,12,13 . (bvsalud.org)
- Estimates and sharp instrument injuries among these healthcare based on data from the Centers for Disease Control workers 18 based on the characterization of and Prevention, as well as other studies, suggest that occupational exposure and the knowledge of the a healthcare provider's risk of acquiring HIV infection as a result of percutaneous exposure to an HIV-contaminated device is 0.3%14. (bvsalud.org)
- Needlestick injuries (NSIs) from a contaminated needle put healthcare workers (HCWs) at risk of becoming infected with a blood-borne virus and suffering serious short- and long-term medical consequences. (scienceopen.com)
- Growing incidence of needle-stick injuries in various healthcare settings has bolstered the demands for sharps containers. (tmrresearchblog.com)
- There is currently no testing being done that identifies devices which reduce needle- stick injuries," says the California Healthcare Association . (sfgate.com)
- Percutaneous injuries, which include needle stick injuries (NSI), expose dental healthcare workers to deadly blood-borne pathogens such as Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). (jresdent.org)
Post Exposure Pr1
- Needle stick injuries among junior doctors are common and often not reported and majority of them did not take post exposure prophylaxis . (bvsalud.org)
Occur18
- Whenever a needle or other sharp device is exposed, injuries can occur. (cdc.gov)
- In addition to needlestick injuries, transmission of these viruses can also occur as a result of contamination of the mucous membranes, such as those of the eyes, with blood or body fluids, but needlestick injuries make up more than 80% of all percutaneous exposure incidents in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
- Injuries also commonly occur during needle recapping or via improper disposal of devices into an overfilled or poorly located sharps container. (wikipedia.org)
- Needle-stick injuries in health-care workers are almost completely preventable by improving workplace practices, but when they do occur the consequences for the individual can be serious, regardless of the outcome in terms of infection. (nps.org.au)
- Even though needlestick incidents are the most common source of occupational exposure to bodily fluids, they (thankfully) don't occur with great frequency, and therefore, the sample size of this study is too small to validate with statistical analysis. (pacific.edu)
- Needlestick injuries continue to occur. (ovid.com)
- There are many reasons why a needlestick injury might occur. (blackwaterlaw.co.uk)
- Whilst an incident may occur at a hospital or other medical organisation, you may also come into accidental contact with a needlestick whilst working for a local authority or contractor. (blackwaterlaw.co.uk)
- Injuries occurring during birth are rare, however they do occur. (blackwaterlaw.co.uk)
- Serious infections can be transmitted in the dental practice when percutaneous injuries occur. (who.int)
- Needle-stick and Sharps-related Injuries occur frequently among health care workers including trainee students keeping them at high risk for acquiring dreadful infections like HBV, HCV and HIV. (biomedcentral.com)
- The study categorized major types of sharps injuries that occur in the dermatologic surgery setting and summarized the appropriate preventative techniques that apply to each type of sharps injury. (dermcast.tv)
- This equates to an average of around 1,000 sharps injuries that occur per day in U.S. hospitals. (infusesafety.com)
- 40% of injuries occur after use and before disposal of sharp devices, 41% of injuries occur during the use of sharp devices on patients, and 15% of injuries occur during or after disposal. (infusesafety.com)
- The majority of needlestick injuries occur within two minutes of the needle being withdrawn from the patient while the needle is still bare and exposed and the chance of infection is at its highest. (cohencramerpi.co.uk)
- These manipulations are also related to the "After use, before disposal" category of when injuries occur. (myamericannurse.com)
- Lancet-related needlestick injuries (NSIs) occur steadily in clinical practices. (bvsalud.org)
- While the incidence of needlestick injuries among employees at this retail pharmacy chain appears to be lower than that found in hospital settings, most of the injuries that did occur were likely preventable by following safe work practices. (todaytopics.com)
NSIs5
- Needle-stick and Sharp Injuries (NSIs) are accidental skin penetrating wounds caused by sharp instruments in a medical setting. (omicsonline.org)
- For post-exposure protocols the authors note that in addition to the high rate of injuries, there are also high rates of NSIs that go unreported. (dermcast.tv)
- To determine the prevalence of needle stick injuries (NSIs) among junior doctors of RIMS and to assess the measures undertaken by the respondents after the NSI. (bvsalud.org)
- The lancet-related NSIs may be eliminated to zero incidence using a SED lancet with effective sharp injury protection and reuse prevention features. (bvsalud.org)
- This added responsibility for pharmacists increases the risk of needlestick injuries (NSIs), puncture wounds often suffered while preparing or after use of a needle. (todaytopics.com)
Exposures4
- Because the risk of contracting an infectious disease may be high at small exposures, representatives will need to make sure they are effectively consulted throughout the risk assessment, development of procedures to ensure exposure to needlestick injuries is prevented or controlled. (ohsrep.org.au)
- High-risk injuries from contaminated sharps and exposures, such as mucocutaneous splashes and splatters, pose an unparalleled risk to nurses. (americannursetoday.com)
- In 2002, the World Health Organization reported that, of the 35 million health care workers across the globe, 2 million experience exposures to infectious diseases each year through needlestick injuries. (infusesafety.com)
- If your insurance does not cover all the fees, or if you have questions about being reimbursed for expenses related to BBP exposures or needlestick/sharps injuries, please contact HSIP staff by email at [email protected] or leave a voice mail message at 206-616-9074. (washington.edu)
Reported at least one needlestick injury2
- A majority of physicians (64%) reported at least one needlestick injury involving EMG, and 8% reported five or more injuries. (elsevier.com)
- A response rate of 97.5% (154 out of 158 students) was obtained, of which 54 students (35.1%) reported at least one needlestick injury. (semanticscholar.org)
Accidental5
- On June 21, 2001, she sustained an accidental needlestick injury while taking a blood sample with an 18-gauge, peripheral venous catheter that had no safety feature. (cdc.gov)
- Hussain SA, Latif AB, Choudhary AA (1988) Risk to surgeons: a survey of accidental injuries during operations. (deepdyve.com)
- In 2003, the WHO produced data that showed there were 3 million accidental needlestick injuries (see WHO guideline on the use of safety-engineered syringes, p. 15) . (lommedical.com)
- We also need to better protect health workers against accidental needle injury and consequent exposure to infection. (lommedical.com)
- Unsafe handling of used syringes - also called unsafe sharps management - increases the risk for accidental injuries and exposure to a possible infection. (lommedical.com)
Reduce the risk of needlestick1
- Enhanced awareness of occupational safety in nursing students is expected to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries. (ivteam.com)
Exposure26
- A needlestick injury is the penetration of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object that has been in contact with blood, tissue or other body fluids before the exposure. (wikipedia.org)
- In cases where an injury was sustained with a clean needle (i.e. exposure to body fluids hadn't occurred), the likelihood of infection is generally minimal. (wikipedia.org)
- OSHA's bloodborne pathogen and needlestick prevention standard requires employers to implement an exposure control plan for the worksite that details employee protection measures. (ohsu.edu)
- We know that safer needle devices have been shown to significantly reduce needlesticks and potential exposure to diseases carried by the blood. (ohsu.edu)
- Recognize that needlestick injuries can also cause significant psychological distress, even if the injury doesn't result in exposure to a disease. (ohsu.edu)
- Aside from the injury itself, there is the risk of exposure to blood-borne infections, specifically hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (aappublications.org)
- For some designs such an assessment may be correct in that the manipulation required to operate the safety feature creates increased exposure to injury arising from the very use of the safety feature. (americannursetoday.com)
- The common high risk situation of such an occupational exposure is percutaneous injury which is a high risk injury. (omicsonline.org)
- Surgeons and their assistants are especially at risk of exposure to blood due to glove perforations and needle stick injuries during operations. (cochrane.org)
- Many of the fears have been fueled by media reports which either overstate the risk of acquiring HIV through needlestick injuries or spotlight cases in which victims are reported to be 'living in fear' after having received such exposure (including much-reported incident in 2013 where a Michigan woman sued Etihad Airways after puncturing herself on discarded hypodermic needle left in a seatback pocket). (verywellhealth.com)
- While the CDC report in no way lessens the importance of PEP in cases of needlestick and other percutaneous injuries, it does suggests that, in the words of the researchers, 'more widespread and earlier treatment to reduce patient viral loads ' has contributed to the almost complete mitigation of HIV risk insofar as occupational exposure is concerned. (verywellhealth.com)
- A recent review looked at preventative techniques and post-exposure protocols for sharps injuries encountered in dermatologic practice. (dermcast.tv)
- Relevant post-exposure protocols in the event of a sharps injury are also reviewed. (dermcast.tv)
- Four days after needlestick injury the laboratory worker developed a systemic disease: 11 days after exposure, she was diagnosed with meningitis with clinical signs and symptoms of meningismus, photophobia, nausea and vomiting, requiring hospitalisation. (biomedcentral.com)
- Moreover, the study findings indicated that there is a statistical relationship between needle stick exposure and age (P=0.019), educational level (P=0.001) and the hospital ward (P=0.004) which students older than 30, medical research fellows and students working in the surgery and pathology wards experience needle stick injuries more than others significantly. (ac.ir)
- These workplace injuries can lead to the exposure and development of numerous infections or diseases with some of them posing a potentially life-threatening or even fatal risk. (pahurtatwork.com)
- A sharps injury occurs when an object such as a syringe, suture needle, scalpel, glass, surgical tool or any other sharp item causes a penetrating wound in the skin carrying with it a risk of exposure to blood or other bodily fluids. (pahurtatwork.com)
- In addition, employers must have an exposure control plan, maintain a sharps injury log, and have ongoing procedures to identify, evaluate and select safe and effective needle devices with input solicited from employees who are involved directly in patient care. (pahurtatwork.com)
- Despite being recognized for many years, needle stick and sharps injuries (NSSIs) con-tinue to present a risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens for health care works (HCWs). (biomedres.info)
- DO NOT go to Student Health for any immediate attention for a needlestick/body fluid exposure. (umassmed.edu)
- What is a needle-stick injury or blood/body fluid exposure (BBFE)? (pathlab.co.nz)
- An injury involving exposure to blood or other human material is known as a needle-stick injury or blood and body fluid exposure (BBFE). (pathlab.co.nz)
- It is used to reduce the risk of disease, and prompt reporting of needlestick blood or body fluid exposure is important to diagnosing appropriate management measures. (pathlab.co.nz)
- This page has information about what to do, where to go, and how to ensure timely payment for services after exposure to a blood-borne pathogen or a needlestick/sharps injury. (washington.edu)
- Itemized bills showing any amounts not covered by insurance should be sent to HSIP with a request for payment within 60 days of the BBP exposure/needlestick incident. (washington.edu)
- In most cases, Health Sciences students who have already satisfied their initial program requirements by proving their immunity to Hepatitis B do not need to have these labs drawn after a bloodborne pathogen exposure or needlestick/sharps injury. (washington.edu)
Majority of needlestick injuries1
- The vast majority of needlestick injuries are preventable. (ohsrep.org.au)
Rate of needlestick injuries3
- The overall rate of needlestick injuries among these nurses was 100%, according to this survey. (ivteam.com)
- In addition, when stratified by departments, the highest rate of needlestick injuries was seen in the surgery department. (ivteam.com)
- The rate of needlestick injuries differs among doctors, nurses and per 100 hospital beds and 1.22 per 100 nurses [ 3 ]. (who.int)
Prevention of needlestick injuries2
- Guidance for prevention of needlestick injuries can be obtained from the National Health Service. (personneltoday.com)
- This report provides guidelines regarding the prevention of needlestick injuries in health care settings. (cdc.gov)
Hazards3
- Hazards - Needlestick/Sharps Injuries. (infusesafety.com)
- Tell your employer about any needlestick hazards you observe. (cohencramerpi.co.uk)
- Report needlestick hazards or injuries to your supervisor. (pahurtatwork.com)
Wounds4
- Like other puncture wounds, these injuries carry the risk of bacterial infection in addition to the risk of infection with hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (barnardhealth.us)
- As indicated by a current report, more than one million needlestick wounds to medicinal services laborers happen each year. (relaxinaminute.com)
- Moderately new intravenous frameworks are accessible, for example, wellbeing cannulae and needleless IV frameworks, and these can fundamentally lessen the danger of needlestick wounds. (relaxinaminute.com)
- At minimum 1,000 HCWs are assessed to contract genuine contaminations every year from needlestick and sharps wounds. (relaxinaminute.com)
Suffer a needlestick injury1
- Trained senior nurses will soon be available throughout NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to risk assess colleagues who suffer a needlestick injury. (nhsggc.org.uk)
Workers17
- Various other occupations are also at increased risk of needlestick injury, including law enforcement, laborers, tattoo artists, food preparers, and agricultural workers. (wikipedia.org)
- Most needlestick injuries result from unsafe needle devices rather than carelessness by health care workers. (ohsu.edu)
- Previous studies suggest that an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 needle-stick injuries are reported each year by U.S. health care workers. (news-medical.net)
- The aims of tiis cross-sectiona sffi and circumstances of needlestick injury [NSI] among heath care workers at University of Alexandria teaching hospitals and to assess the effectiveness of the existing control measures and standard precautions Data were obtained by anonymous, self-reporting questionnaire from 645 staff in 2007. (who.int)
- Ensure that workers always report needlestick injuries. (ohsrep.org.au)
- Investigate any past incidents, including first aid, injury and illness and workers compensation records kept by your employer. (ohsrep.org.au)
- Needlestick injuries, also called percutaneous injuries, are an occupational hazard for all health care workers. (aappublications.org)
- Objectives: To examine the epidemiology of occupational sharps injuries in Health care workers. (omicsonline.org)
- Fourteen of these needlesticks were reported by 7 (10%) workers in the previous month. (scielosp.org)
- When the 31 workers who reported ever being stuck by a needle were asked what they did following a needlestick injury, the responses were: 13 (42%) washed or disinfected the wound, 6 (19%) pushed the "bad blood" out or put lime on the wound, 4 (13%) sought medical care, and 8 (26%) did nothing. (scielosp.org)
- Needlestick injuries can expose workers to a number of bloodborne pathogens that can cause serious or fatal infections. (cdc.gov)
- World Health Organization - Occupational health : Protecting health-care workers - preventing needlestick injuries. (infusesafety.com)
- 2 Needle stick injuries can expose the health workers to blood-borne infections such as HIV, hepatitis B and C transmission is as one of the most important factor of such diseases. (ac.ir)
- Despite the emphasis on preventing needle stick injuries, they still remain as a major risk to health care workers. (ac.ir)
- Annually throughout the world, more than 35 million health workers are exposed to constant risk of needle stick injuries with pointed objects and the amount of injuries that these people suffer from it, has been various from 0.2 to 4.7 million. (ac.ir)
- Needle stick and sharps injuries (NSSIs) remain a source of infection for health care workers (HCWs) worldwide. (biomedres.info)
- Health care workers must take immediate action if they sustain such injuries. (pathlab.co.nz)
Preventable2
- The most common preventable reason for injury was a perceived lack of time. (elsevier.com)
- Sharps Injuries are preventable and should be eliminated. (infusesafety.com)
Prevalence6
- This was a cross-sectional study to start a cohort in two University Hospitals of two countries - Brazil and Colombia - for assessing the prevalence of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSI), the level of compliance with standard precautions (SPs), and knowledge on blood borne pathogens and associated factors among health students and professionals, within the framework of the implementation of the NR-32 standard. (scielo.br)
- This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of needlestick/sharps injuries among doctors and nurses working in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, (LUTH) and examine the need for a sharps policy. (ajol.info)
- We concluded that a sharps policy needs to be implemented in LUTH as this will reduce the high prevalence of such injuries and ensure that in the event of an accident, specific guidelines are followed to protect the injured. (ajol.info)
- The objective of this study was to determine the self-reported prevalence of needlestick injuries among practicing electromyographers. (elsevier.com)
- All medical, dental and nursing students were surveyed for their Hepatitis B vaccination status and only those students in clinical rotations were surveyed for the prevalence and pattern of Needle-stick and Sharps-related Injuries (NSSIs) using a pre-tested, semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire. (biomedcentral.com)
- This study evaluated the prevalence and characteristics of needlestick and sharp instrument injuries and the factors associated with these accidents among dentists. (bvsalud.org)
Risk39
- Certain work practices may increase the risk of needlestick injury. (cdc.gov)
- Even though the acute physiological effects of a needlestick injury are generally negligible, these injuries can lead to transmission of blood-borne diseases, placing those exposed at increased risk of infection from disease causing pathogens, such as the hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (wikipedia.org)
- While needlestick injuries have the potential to transmit bacteria, protozoa, viruses and prions, the risk of contracting hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV is the highest. (wikipedia.org)
- Injuries with a hollow-bore needle, deep penetration, visible blood on the needle, a needle located in a deep artery or vein, or a biomedical device contaminated with blood from a terminally ill patient increase the risk for contracting a blood-borne infection. (wikipedia.org)
- Lack of access to appropriate personal protective equipment, or alternatively, employee failure to use provided equipment, increases the risk of occupational needlestick injuries. (wikipedia.org)
- fatigue, high workload, shift work, high pressure, or high perception of risk can all increase the chances of a needlestick injury. (wikipedia.org)
- Following such an injury, local protocols should be followed to minimize the risk of infection. (ilo.org)
- The objective of this study was to identify who sustains such injuries, under what circumstances and what actions are taken to minimize the risk. (ilo.org)
- High-risk patients [with history of HIV, hepatitis B virus or, hepatitis C virus infection or injecting drug use] were involved in 8.2% of injuries. (who.int)
- In conclusion, this review suggests that both safeguard interventions and educational training programs are effective in reducing the risk of having needlestick injuries. (hindawi.com)
- The risk of transmission of HIV following a hollow needle injury is approximately 0.3%, compared with 3% for HCV and 30% for HBV [ 7 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Due to the recognised risk of needle-stick injuries, safeguards have been put in place to attempt to lessen the risk of injury. (hindawi.com)
- If needlestick injuries are a hazard in your workplace, then follow the Action plan for OHS reps to eliminate or reduce the risk. (ohsrep.org.au)
- Assess the risk of needlestick injuries for individual tasks. (ohsrep.org.au)
- Risk after needlestick: Ranges from 0.3 - 0.9% depending on mechanism of injury. (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
- The risk of infection by pathogens other than HBV, HCV, or HIV following a needlestick injury was not discussed during her postexposure interview, and the nurse was not made aware of that risk. (cdc.gov)
- With needle-stick injuries in members of the public the risk of transmission is extremely low. (nps.org.au)
- Although the risk of contracting a blood-borne pathogen is low, the psychological trauma that follows the injury can be disabling. (nps.org.au)
- Estimating the probability of transmission following a needle-stick injury is difficult as there are many factors which contribute to the risk. (nps.org.au)
- The risk of contracting any illness depends on several factors, including the status of the source, the nature of the injury, the infectivity of the agent, and the effectiveness of postexposure management. (aappublications.org)
- After activating the needleshield, you dispose the needle securely and minimize the risk of needlestick injury. (radiometeramerica.com)
- Data on needlestick injuries were obtained from occupational health/risk management reports and merged with MilNOD specific shift data. (ovid.com)
- Reusable containers must not be opened, emptied, or cleaned manually or in any other manner that would expose employees to the risk of percutaneous injury. (hcpro.com)
- Surgeons and their assistants are especially at risk of needle stick injuries during operations. (cochrane.org)
- 34% of respondents felt at risk of contracting diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C following injuries. (ivteam.com)
- In the UK, any form of education regarding needlestick injuries reduced the actual risk of experiencing a needlestick injury significantly. (egms.de)
- In contrast, respondents from Austria and Germany had to attend at least a lecture above 30 minutes of time or a theoretical and practical training to reduce the risk of a needlestick injury significantly, when compared to students who received either a short briefing or no education at all. (egms.de)
- Prehospital personnel are exposed to challenging situations that place them at increased risk of Emergency Medical Services sustaining a needle stick injury (NSI). (who.int)
- Assuming the findings in this non-random, convenience sample reflect the experience of other SW in Mexico City, the high frequency of needlesticks, infrequent use of gloves for personal protection, and poor hepatitis B immunization coverage would put this occupational group at high risk of acquiring bloodborne infections. (scielosp.org)
- The extent to which practising dentists follow recommendations to minimize their risk of a needle-stick injury varies. (who.int)
- What Is the Risk of Getting HIV From a Needlestick Injury? (verywellhealth.com)
- While the perception of risk may be high in cases of needlestick injuries, recent analyses from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that the actual risk may be far lower-so low, in fact, that it can now be considered rare. (verywellhealth.com)
- In a popularly referenced 1989 study, researchers suggested that the risk of acquiring HIV from a single needlestick injury involving HIV-contaminated blood was around 0.32 percent, or roughly three cases out of every 1,000 injuries. (verywellhealth.com)
- In reviewing 21 different studies, the researchers found that the pooled estimates suggested that the risk of acquiring HIV was more along the lines of 0.13 percent if the needlestick injury were the only risk factor. (verywellhealth.com)
- Elcam's Marvelous TM and Closed Swabbable Stopcock are stopcocks with Luer activated valves that were designed in order to enable a needleless work enviorment and eliminate the risk of needlestick injury during stopcock manipulation in IV Therapy and Patient monitoring applications. (infusesafety.com)
- There is no crystal ball for knowing exactly at which point long term damage will result from repetitive motion injury, but the longer she does the same motion that exacerbates the pain, the higher the risk of long term damage. (medhelp.org)
- These injuries put diabetes nurses at risk of blood-borne pathogens such as HBV, HCV and HIV. (emergency-live.com)
- Pharmacists have become an emerging occupational group at risk of needlestick injuries," said Marie de Perio, MD, medical officer in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (todaytopics.com)
- High risk needlestick as it was a large bore, hollow needle that was freshly filled with his venous blood, plus it was trajected across the room into my largest muscle! (allnurses.com)
Preventing Needlesticks2
- The article Preventing Needlesticks and Sharps Injuries by Mitchell and Parker (10(5), September 2015) raises a number of important issues. (americannursetoday.com)
- Preventing Needlesticks and Other Sharps Injuries…by the CDC. (infusesafety.com)
Experience a needlestick1
- Individuals who experience a needlestick or sharps injury are likely to suffer from a great deal of anxiety and emotional distress while waiting for test results to be confirmed. (pahurtatwork.com)
Worker4
- Whether you're a dentist, council worker, patient or anyone else that has suffered a needlestick injury as a result of someone else's negligence, we urge you to come forward. (blackwaterlaw.co.uk)
- We report of a case of LCMV meningitis in a laboratory worker who sustained a penetrating needlestick injury with a LCMV-contaminated hollow needle whilst disposing of a used syringe into the sharps waste bin. (biomedcentral.com)
- We report of well-documented LCMV-meningitis of a laboratory worker after needlestick injury confirmed by serological tests and direct detection of viral RNA in blood by PCR. (biomedcentral.com)
- A luer-activated needleless connector IV therapy delivery system can improve health care worker safety by decreasing needlestick injury rates. (infusesafety.com)
Nurses11
- In a UK report, 37% of nurses reported that they have sustained a needle-stick injury at some stage during their career [ 1 ]. (hindawi.com)
- Despite the advent of safety measures to protect the health care workforce from contracting blood-borne diseases, nurses still sustain percutaneous injuries. (ovid.com)
- For all sharps injuries occurring across all hospitals, 40.1% happen to nurses. (americannursetoday.com)
- 4,407 nurses responded to the RCN Needlestick Injury in 2008 survey published in the RCNs fortnightly Bulletin magazine and a further 320 nurses completed an online survey. (ivteam.com)
- RESULTS: A total of 1144 incidents of needlestick injuries were reported among the 246 nurses during the time period of internship. (ivteam.com)
- Many doctors and nurses have suffered from needlestick injuries at work but a great deal of them have failed to press forward with a claim despite being perfectly entitled to do so. (blackwaterlaw.co.uk)
- Hulme P. Incidence of needlestick injuries among Ugandan student nurses in a rural hospital. (rrh.org.au)
- Needlestick injury is a common problem encountered by student nurses and may lead to HIV, or hepatitis B or C infection 3 . (rrh.org.au)
- Needlestick injuries are a common occupational hazard for student nurses due to poor technique and human error. (rrh.org.au)
- The high rates of needlestick and sharps injuries in dermatology not only applies to physicians, but also to nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and technicians. (dermcast.tv)
- The CDC notes that while nurses sustain approximately half of all needlestick injuries, physicians housekeeping and maintenance staff, technicians and administrators are also harmed. (infusesafety.com)
NIOSH3
- The poster is a resource of the NIOSH STOP STICKS Campaign, which was developed to raise awareness of the dangers of sharps injuries and to provide tools so that others can conduct their own campaign in order to reduce the number of sharps injuries. (beckersasc.com)
- Download the NIOSH needlestick injury response poster (pptx) for adaptation and use in your facility. (beckersasc.com)
- Use it along with the NIOSH " Reporting = Prevention " poster to ensure a variety of eye-catching educational posters on needlestick injury response and prevention. (beckersasc.com)
Percutaneous injury3
- Policy, practice, training and new engineered devices, sharps disposal containers needed to prevent sharps injuries, and also prophylaxis after percutaneous injury [ 6 ]. (omicsonline.org)
- Blood borne infections such as HIV and Hepatitis B or C may be trans- percutaneous injury mitted from a NSI. (who.int)
- Percutaneous injury or needle stick injury (NSI) can be defined as a being infected [9], transmission of HIV after a NSI is a major concern. (who.int)
Needle-stick and sharps injuries1
- An investigation estimates that needle-stick and sharps injuries affect about 3.5 million individuals on the global level. (omicsonline.org)
Blood-borne2
- Needlestick injury may lead to safety concerns or infection by blood-borne pathogens. (radiometeramerica.com)
- The major blood-borne pathogens of concern associated with needlestick injury are hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV. (51digg.info)
Pathogens2
- Needlestick injuries can lead to serious or fatal infections with bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or HIV. (cdc.gov)
- Bloodborne pathogens that may be transmitted during needlestick injuries include HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The report identifies activities associated with needlestick injuries and describes Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines for the prevention of such injuries in the workplace. (cdc.gov)
Infections3
- A survey of nearly 700 surgical residents in 17 U.S. medical centers finds that more than half failed to report needle-stick injuries involving patients whose blood could be a source of HIV, hepatitis and other infections. (news-medical.net)
- Introduction of improved medical curricula including a practical training regarding needle stick injuries may have a significant impact on the frequency of needlestick injuries contributing to a more efficient prevention of occupational infections in medical students. (egms.de)
- Needlestick accidents while handling of infectious material in research laboratories can lead to life-threatening infections in laboratory personnel. (biomedcentral.com)
Sustain2
- According to the policy of the NHS in the UK, it is compulsory when staff sustain a needle-stick injury to report the incident [ 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
- If you sustain injury from a discarded used needle stick in, say, a hotel room or holiday home then you could bring a claim as the owner of the property may have failed to take all reasonable steps to ensure your safety while you were on their premises. (cohencramerpi.co.uk)
OSHA4
- Recording of needlestick injuries on the OSHA 200 log. (osha.gov)
- Thank you for your letter dated April 21 requesting guidance on the proper recording of needlestick injuries on the OSHA 200 Log. (osha.gov)
- Upon review of the criteria outlined in your letter, we have determined that your method of recording needlesticks on the OSHA 200 Log is accurate and complete. (osha.gov)
- https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/e-facts/efact40. (radiometeramerica.com)
Frequency4
- Recent studies showed that the frequency of nonreported needlestick injuries is alarmingly high, especially among medical students. (egms.de)
- Questionnaires determined the frequency of sustaining a needlestick injury at work, finding syringes with regular waste, vaccination status, and health care-seeking practices. (scielosp.org)
- 6) To estimate the frequency of needlestick injuries from contaminated sharps among injection providers and waste handlers. (docplayer.net)
- Obtained findings showed that 36% of the medical students have experienced needle stick injuries in the last year (with Confidence Interval of 95%) and the mean annual frequency is equal to 3.11 times per person. (ac.ir)
Health11
- The psychological effects of occupational needlestick injuries can include health anxiety, anxiety about disclosure or transmission to a sexual partner, trauma-related emotions, and depression. (wikipedia.org)
- Of these surgeons, only 49 percent reported injuries to an employee health service. (news-medical.net)
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a part of the CDC, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable poster which outlines steps staff members should take in the event of a sharps injury. (beckersasc.com)
- That figure has remained largely stuck in the consciousness of public health authorities, despite growing evidence that the 'three out of a thousand' estimate pertained more to untreated source patients with late-stage, symptomatic disease -the more likely scenario in 1989-than to estimates based purely on needlestick injury alone. (verywellhealth.com)
- Needle-stick injuries are common among health care professionals. (barnardhealth.us)
- Here is a document ' Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Health Care settings ' issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services. (cohencramerpi.co.uk)
- Sharp injury protection (SIP) is useful for patients and health professionals. (lommedical.com)
- IMSEAR at SEARO: Needle stick injuries in health care providers. (who.int)
- The social partners in the hospital and health care sector signed an agreement on injuries caused by medical sharps and the European Parliament urged the Commission to regulate on nanotechnologies and an asbestos ban. (europa.eu)
- Health Sciences students who have a needlestick or sharps injury while working outside the University of Washington system should refer to the Approved Laboratory Testing Schedule as a resource to avoid being charged unnecessary lab fees. (washington.edu)
- Despite the health-care association's claims, testing has been done that identifies devices which reduce needle-stick injuries, including significant studies by the Veterans Administration . (sfgate.com)
Hepatitis4
- Of those who reported, 53 percent had experienced an injury involving a patient with a history of intravenous drug use and/or infected with HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV). (news-medical.net)
- Needlestick injuries involving patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), hepatitis B, and/or hepatitis C occurred in 1 of every 11 electromyographers. (elsevier.com)
- For injuries from known sources, 14,15 and 1 were positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV), antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV), respec-tively. (biomedres.info)
- The transmissibility of hepatitis B and C viruses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was estimated using data from studies of needle-stick injuries. (scienceopen.com)
Infection2
- Needlestick injuries can lead to expensive treatments, viruses or infection. (blackwaterlaw.co.uk)
- Needle-stick injuries are where you have been hurt by any needle used on someone which could then potentially pass an infection on to you, or someone else. (firstaidshow.com)
Significantly3
- Needle-stick injury was significantly associated with higher age and a higher number of patients treated daily. (who.int)
- Insufficient awareness of occupational safety and limited work experience with handling needlestick injuries in these nurse students were significantly reported. (ivteam.com)
- The occurrence of needlestick injuries is significantly related to clinical practice behaviors. (ivteam.com)
Incidence of needle-stick injuries3
- The incidence of needle-stick injuries and the reporting attitudes among dentists in the north of Jordan were assessed with a cross-sectional survey. (who.int)
- The incidence of needle stick injuries among medical students at Tabriz Imam Reza hospital in 2014', International Journal of Epidemiologic Research , 3(2), pp. 152-161. (ac.ir)
- This study showed the high incidence of needle stick injuries in medical students and highlighted the need for implementing precise interventions. (ac.ir)
Sharp7
- A needle guard and a method to prevent needle stick injuries are disclosed, for use with a hypodermic syringe or other instrument with a sharp point. (google.com)
- A needleshield works in accordance with the EU directive 2010/32/EU for the prevention of sharp injuries within hospitals. (radiometeramerica.com)
- The study highlights the need for continuous education programmes about handling of sharp dental instruments and reporting injuries. (who.int)
- Most of the injuries (44%) occurred during Internal Medicine rotation and the most common sharp involved (56.3%) was Hypodermic needle. (biomedcentral.com)
- Anyone who has suffered injury by a hypodermic needle or other similar sharp medical instrument can potentially make a claim. (oakwoodsolicitors.co.uk)
- A needlestick injury is a common occupational hazard that occurs when the skin has been pierced by a needle or a sharp object. (medindia.net)
- sharp instrument injuries 2-11 . (bvsalud.org)
20172
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32010L0032&from=EN Accessed June 2017. (radiometeramerica.com)
- In May 2017, a young scientist accidently sustained a penetrating needlestick injury to the left index finger from a LCMV-contaminated needle, whilst disposing of a used syringe in a correct manner into the inaccurate overfilled sharps waste bin. (biomedcentral.com)
Hazard3
- Needlestick injuries are a common occupational hazard in the hospital setting. (oncologynurseadvisor.com)
- Needlestick injuries constitute a recognized physical hazard, but few studies have been conducted to document the magnitude of the problem among SW. (scielosp.org)
- Needle stick injuries are a common and serious occupational hazard in the medical settings. (ac.ir)
Syringe1
- Facility administrators must make sure that the residents get the proper container for needle and syringe disposal, and that residents are given an inservice on how to use these containers to avoid staff getting a needle stick injury. (hcpro.com)
Safety and Prevention Act1
- The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act mandates the use of sharps with engineered safety devices when suitable devices exit. (wisconsin.gov)
Wash3
- The most common actions taken following injuries were to wash the affected area under running water or with bleech. (ajol.info)
- Contaminated needlestick, sharps injury, bite or scratch - encourage bleeding, wash with soap and running water. (51digg.info)
- Wash needlesticks and cuts with soap and water for 15 minutes and/or flush mucous membranes/irrigate eyes with water for 15 minutes. (washington.edu)
Hypodermic1
- Often also referred to as a sharps injury or a puncture wound, a needlestick injury is where someone suffers an injury from an accident where their skin is punctured by a hypodermic needle or other medical device such as a scalpel. (oakwoodsolicitors.co.uk)
Respondents3
- Most respondents said there was no policy in LUTH concerning needlestick injuries and almost all (97%) felt a sharps policy should be implemented. (ajol.info)
- Nearly half of all respondents (44%) who experienced a needlestick injury stated that they did not report at least one injury event to official centers. (elsevier.com)
- Out of 210 respondents from clinical rotations, 90 students (42.8%) reported at least one injury. (biomedcentral.com)