Needlestick injury prevalence meta-analysis – Full Text
“The aim of the review was to identify the prevalence of sharps and needlestick injury within the operating theatre and to establish the most common critical steps” Bevan et al (2023).
Shift patterns and needlestick rates
“Proper management of work hours and scheduling is essential to maximize recovery time and reduce or prevent nurse injuries” Imes et al (2022).
Barriers to reporting needlestick injures
“One in every five pharmacists in the state of Perak had a history of NSI, and 1 in every 10 had sustained a contaminated NSI” Arvinder-Singh et al (2022).
Occupational blood exposure risk – Full Text
“Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids in registered nurses is common, but the rate of under-reporting such exposure is high” Zhang et al (2022).
Safety engineered devices to reduce needlestick rates – Full Text
“An online cross-sectional survey was completed between October 2021 and March 2022 by 280 nurses. The incidence of exposure to sharp injury during their professional life was 51.4%” Garus-Pakowska et al (2022).
Needlestick injuries among nursing students – Full Text
“Through PDCA process management, we can keep abreast of the situation of needlestick injuries among nursing students in practice and analyze in more detail the root cause of each nursing student’s occupational exposure and the outcome of treatment” Chen and Zhang (2022).
Sharp injury prevention in Italy – Full Text
“Sharp injuries, determining the risk of bloodborne infections and psychological distress in healthcare workers, may be prevented by a set of strategies, legally enforced in Europe through the Directive 2010/32/EU” De Carli et al (2022).
Prevalence of needlestick injury among nursing students – Full Text
“A third of nursing students reported experiencing NSI. Consequently, occupational hazard prevention training and student support measures need to be considered”
Unsafe behaviour and needlestick injury – Full Text
“In the present study, some personal traits affecting the occurrence of needlestick injuries were identified” Majdabadi et al (2022).
Needlestick among dental students
“Dental students had a high prevalence and low reporting rate of NSI exposure. Inadequate knowledge might increase the probability of NSI exposure” Huang et al (2022).
Needlestick injury in Saudi Arabia – Full Text
“The high incidence and low rate of reporting of NSIs highlights the need of education and awareness raising programs targeting healthcare providers with higher risk of injury” Abalkhail et al (2022).
Needlestick rates at a German university hospital – Full Text
“Health care workers and students should be offered regular trainings to be sensitized to this topic and to learn the appropriate use of SED” Kaur et al (2022).
Sharp injury management among health care workers – Full Text
“This study aimed to determine the distribution and associated factors of sharp injury cases among HCWs working at a teaching hospital in northeastern Malaysia” Kutubudin et al (2022).