[PDF] Top 20 Perception about Precautions of Needle Stick Injuries among Nurses

... group among health workers. Due to needle stick injuries twenty lac people are exposed to blood borne virus each year (WHO, ...of needle stick injuries is sixteen percent ... See full document

... versal precautions was higher amongst medical doctors, ...which nurses were 90 % knowledgeable, followed by medical doctors, 88 % and medical technologists, 70 % ... See full document

... with needle-stick injuries ...of needle-stick injuries in healthcare workers is rising which can be attributed to more invasive services and decreased compliance with safety ... See full document

... hospital. Among 342 injuries, 254 were from known sources and 88 from unknown ...sharp injuries were sustained through garbage bags, 43 during IV line administration, 41 during injection ... See full document

... of needle stick and sharp object injury in Dessie referral hospital was ...of needle stick and sharp object injury reported from the studies conducted in Addis Ababa, Arba Minch, Bahir Dar, ... See full document

... of needle stick injured cases were married and ...also nurses have to work immediately after obtaining their bachelors‎ ‘degrees‎ as‎ their‎ compulsory‎ government‎ service ...to needle ... See full document

... sharp injuries reported by doctors versus nurses from surgical wards in the context of the prevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV ...44.4% nurses (p ≤ ...2.2% nurses (p ≤ ...of nurses sustained ... See full document

... The study had a cross-sectional design. The information of NSIs of HCWs’ was extracted from the clinical records filed during March 2008 to March 2013. NSIs were sur- veyed by the hospitals’ infection control teams. The ... See full document

... of needle stick and sharp injury in the past 12 months preceding the study and entire job were ...the injuries occurred in emergency unit and 122 ...of needle recap, ever used cigarette in ... See full document

... infected. Needle-stick and sharp object injuries can cause the transmission of blood-borne ...regarding injuries from needle-sticks and sharp objects, and the precautions to be ... See full document

... risk among healthcare workers. [5,14-18]. Unfortunately, nurses have a low level of knowledge about the injuries caused by needlestick/sharp ...workers about the transmission of these ... See full document

... of needle stick injuries and identify the factors causing it among medical students of Tabriz Imam Reza Hospital because previously no study was carried out, taking into consideration the fact ... See full document

... The study was carried out in December 2014 at four hospitals namely Ginnir, Robe, Delo mena and Goba. The four hospitals are found in Bale Zone, Oromia Regional State, at Southeast of Ethiopia. By the year 2014, these ... See full document

... of Needle Stick Injuries (NSIs) among the health care workers of the hospital and also to assess the level of awareness of the health care workers regarding ...that about 57% (252 out ... See full document

... Universal precautions are an approach to infection control to treat all human blood and certain human body fluids as if they were known to be infections for HIV, HBV and other blood-born ...standard ... See full document

... dle stick injury was higher for nurses with work expe- rience greater than 10 years than those whose work experience is less than or equals to 5 years ...sustaining needle stick injury and ... See full document

... of nurses were exposed to sharp injuries at ...Major injuries were caused by needle-sticks ...(42.4%). About 43.5% of the observed injuries occurred while trying to recap the ... See full document

... A needle stick injury is a percutaneous wound, occurs due to needle point as well as due to other sharp ...These injuries are occupational hazard in medical community. Needle ... See full document

... of needle stick injuries and the risk factors associated with them in Hawassa ...the perception of the employees was that the workplace was unsafe ... See full document

... female nurses who were registered and working at the hospitals were ...Student nurses, retired nurses, nurses on sick or maternity leave, undergraduate medical students, interns, junior ... See full document