(of an injury) caused by accidentally pricking the skin with a hypodermic needle
Examples of 'needlestick' in a sentence
needlestick
We report the accidental needlestick inoculation of a laboratory worker with vaccinia virus.
Nissin Moussatché, Mari Tuyama, Sayuri E.M. Kato, Ana Paula V. Castro, Brian Njaine,Regina H. Peralta, M. Peralta, Clarissa R.A. Damaso, Paulo F. Barroso 2003, 'Accidental Infection of Laboratory Worker with Vaccinia', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/6/02-0732_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Needlestick injuries were reported for 4 workers.
Aysel Kocagul Celikbas, Başak Dokuzoğuz, Nurcam Baykam, Sebnem Eren Gok, Mustafa NecatiEroğlu, Kenan Midilli, Herve Zeller, Onder Ergonul 2014, 'Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever among Health Care Workers, Turkey', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/3/13-1353_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Prevalence of percutaneous injury was 56.9%; where needlestick injury constituted one-third of all injuries.
Nosayaba Osazuwa-Peters, Aimuamwosa Obarisiagbon, Clement C. Azodo, Adebola O. Ehizele,Ozoemene N. Obuekwe 2013, 'Occupational exposure to sharp injuries among medical and dental house officers inNigeria', International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Healthhttp://ijomeh.eu/Occupational-exposure-to-sharp-injuries-among-medical-and-dental-house-officers-in-nigeria,2206,0,2.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In 47.2% of cases the workers had a parenteral exposure to blood (needlestick injuries).
Alcyone Artioli Machado, João Carlos da Costa, Elucir Gir, Tokiko Murakawa Moriya,José Fernando de Castro Figueiredo 1992, 'Risco de infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) em profissionais dasaúde Risk of infection by the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) among health professionals',Revista de Saúde Públicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101992000100010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was high (30.9%) prevalence of needlestick and sharps injuries.
Teshiwal Deress, Mohabaw Jemal, Mekonnen Girma, Kasaw Adane 2019, 'Knowledge, attitude, and practice of waste handlers about medical waste managementin Debre Markos town healthcare facilities, northwest Ethiopia', BMC Research Noteshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-019-4174-7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, changes in needlestick-injury rates related to the recapping were not observed.
Maria Meimei Brevidelli, Tamara I. Cianciarullo 2002, 'Análise dos acidentes com agulhas em um hospital universitário: situações de ocorrênciae tendências Análisis de accidentes con agujas en un hospital universitário: situacionesde ocurrencia y tendéncias Analysis of needlestick injuries at a university hospital:occurrence situations and tendencies', Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagemhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692002000600005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This needs intensive programs to educate nurses on various aspects of needlestick injury preventive measures.
Gawad M A. Alwabr 2018, 'Knowledge and practice of needlestick injury preventive measures among nurses of Sana'acity hospitals in Yemen', Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEUhttp://www.ijournalhs.org/article.asp?issn=2542-6214;year=2018;volume=11;issue=1;spage=70;epage=76;aulast=A.. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Over half (53%) of the providers reported a needlestick injury during the previous 12 months.
Goldstein Susan, Som Seiharath, Sok Srun, Perz Joseph F, Vong Sirenda, Hutin Yvan,Tulloch James 2005, 'Rapid assessment of injection practices in Cambodia, 2002', BMC Public Healthhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/56. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)