Needle stick injuries among nurses in sub‐Saharan Africa

FM Nsubuga, MS Jaakkola - Tropical medicine & international …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… rate of needle stick injuries among nurses and midwives working in Uganda. Lack of training
at the workplace was identified as the strongest risk factor for needle stick injuries. Other …

Factors associated with needlestick injuries among healthcare workers: implications for prevention

KH Alfulayw, ST Al-Otaibi, HA Alqahtani - BMC Health Services Research, 2021 - Springer
… Our study sought to determine the frequency of Needlestick injuries (NSIs) among Healthcare
Workers (HCWs) working at governmental hospital and to study the factors that associated …

[PDF][PDF] Needlestick injuries among nurses

H Ebrahimi, A Khosravi - Journal of research in health sciences, 2023 - jrhs.umsha.ac.ir
among nursing personnels has not well documented. The aim of this study was to determine
the incidence of needlestick injuries in population of nurses in … by 180 nurses in September …

Needlestick injuries among nurses of Fars province, Iran

M Askarian, S Shaghaghian, ML McLaws - Annals of epidemiology, 2007 - Elsevier
… and predictors for needlestick injury (NSI) in nurses of … needlestick and sharp injuries (NSIs)
will not only remain a potentially life-threatening occupational injuries for healthcare workers

Global prevalence of needle stick injuries among nurses: A comprehensive systematic review and meta‐analysis

MA Abdelmalik, FM Alhowaymel… - … of Clinical Nursing, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… of NSI risk among nurses practising in clinical settings worldwide. The study findings
suggest that continuous training programs should be implemented for nurses to enhance their …

Worldwide prevalence of occupational exposure to needle stick injury among healthcare workers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

DA Mengistu, ST Tolera… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of needle stick injuries among healthcare workers during … The career time pooled prevalence
of needle stick injuries … -year pooled prevalence of needle stick injury was 26.0% and 20.9%…

Prevalence of needlestick injury among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TD Yazie, KA Chufa, MG Tebeje - Environmental health and preventive …, 2019 - Springer
… the 12-month and lifetime needlestick injuries among the primary studies ranged from 13.2
… The pooled prevalence of needlestick injuries among the Ethiopian healthcare workers was …

Needlestick injuries among nursing students in China

WX Yao, B Yang, C Yao, PS Bai, YR Qian… - Nurse education …, 2010 - Elsevier
… issue of needlestick injuries among nurses and lack of awareness of the possible risk of
blood-borne disease transmission via needlestick injuries. Additionally, 56.73% of the nursing

[HTML][HTML] Needle stick injuries and their related safety measures among nurses in a university hospital, Shiraz, Iran

M Jahangiri, A Rostamabadi, N Hoboubi… - Safety and health at …, 2016 - Elsevier
… This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors related to needle stick injuries (NSIs)
and to assess related safety measures among a sample of Iranian nurses. …

Work schedule, needle use, and needlestick injuries among registered nurses

AM Trinkoff, R Le, J Geiger-Brown… - Infection Control & …, 2007 - cambridge.org
… the risk of needlestick injury among nurses with high needle use (eg, those who often gave
injections and/or placed intravenous catheters) was much greater than among those with low …