an injury that is caused by accidentally pricking the skin with a hypodermic needle
NMT needles automatically retract into the body of the syringe after use, preventingneedlestick injuries.
Examples of 'needlestick injury' in a sentence
needlestick injury
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)
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)
Needlestick injury induced long-lasting changes–haem deposition, cell death, plaque-like deposits and glial invasion–along the needle track.
Sivaraman Purushothuman, Lauren Marotte, Sally Stowe, Daniel M. Johnstone, JonathanStone 2013, 'The Response of Cerebral Cortex to Haemorrhagic Damage: Experimental Evidence froma Penetrating Injury Model', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0059740. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They show the utility of this approach by imaging ear skin following needlestick injury, observing immune cell infiltration.
Yingrou Tan, Jackson Liang Yao Li, Chi Ching Goh, Bernett Teck Kwong Lee, ImmanuelWeng Han Kwok, Wei Jie Ng, Maximilien Evrard, Michael Poidinger, Hong Liang Tey, LaiGuan Ng 2018, 'Streamlining volumetric multi-channel image cytometry using hue-saturation-brightness-basedsurface creation', Communications Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s42003-018-0139-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)