Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are continually exposed to hazards from contact
with blood and body fluids of patients in the healthcare setting. Aim: To determine the …

Background/Objective of the study: Injection safety has over the years become important in
view of the many diseases that are transmitted through unsafe injection practice. The …

Needle sticks injuries (NSIs) has caused many health concerns, including the widespread
infection disease. Needle sticks injuries can have high threaten health human especially, all …

Injection safety practice is an important component of basic infection control but in low
income settings like the prisons where the seroprevalence of blood borne infections are …

Background: In developing countries the last half of the 20th century saw enormous
increases in number of injections with insufficient care for sterile conditions and poor …

Background: No adherence of safe injection policies remains a major challenge, and,
worldwide, annually, it leads to 21 million new hepatitis B cases and 260,000 HIV infection …

BACKGROUND: NERVE INJURY is a serious complication of intramuscular injections.
About 12 billion injections are administered worldwide annually among which 50% are …

Occupational exposure to sharp items or body fluid splash is a hazard for health care
personnel via transmission of blood-borne viruses through such exposures. To determine …

Background: Globally about 16 billion injections are given in a year, 40% of which involves
reuse of needles and syringes without sterilization. This predisposes both the recipient and …

Background: Sciatic nerve injuries are the most common acquired post delivery injuries,
managed among children, at the physiotherapy unit of the specialist State Hospital, Osogbo …