A Study of Needle Stick Injuries among Nursing College Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu

A Study of Needle Stick Injuries among Nursing College Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu

Introduction: Needle stick injuries (NSIs) are the most potential occupational hazards among nursing personnel with possible transmission of blood borne pathogens. As nursing students are in the learning stage, they might be at higher risk of acquiring the injuries.Objectives: Todetermine the preval...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ramya M R, Geetha M, Jawahar S S
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine 2021-10-01
Series:	Healthline
Subjects:	needle stick injuries nursing students post exposure prophylaxis recapping universal precaution guidelines
Online Access:	http://www.healthlinejournal.org/index_pdf/376.pdf

Similar Items

Reported Injuries from Sharp Objects among Healthcare Workers in Central Greece
by: Anna Patsopoulou, et al.
Published: (2022-07-01)

The Prevalence of Accidental Needle Stick Injury and their Reporting among Healthcare Workers in Orthopaedic Wards in General Hospital Melaka, Malaysia
by: Bhardwaj A, et al.
Published: (2014-07-01)

Needle stick injuries among medical interns at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria
by: T Okeke, et al.
Published: (2009-01-01)

Needle-Stick Injuries in Ophthalmic Practice
by: Alfarhan A, et al.
Published: (2023-08-01)

Pattern and serological profile of healthcare workers with needle-stick and sharp injuries: A retrospective analysis
by: Rakesh Sharma, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01)

Needle stick injuries in a tertiary eye-care hospital: Incidence, management, outcomes, and recommendations
by: Ekta Rishi, et al.
Published: (2017-01-01)

Needle Sticks Injuries and its Related Factors among Nurses
by: R Ghanei Gheshlagh, et al.
Published: (2014-08-01)

A study of needle-stick injury incidence amongst healthcare workers and its root cause analysis in a tertiary care teaching hospital
by: Rangineni Jayaprada, et al.
Published: (2022-01-01)

An analysis of multimodal occupational exposure leading to blood borne infections among health care workers
by: N Lakshmi Priya, et al.
Published: (2015-01-01)

Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury among Interns of Rural Medical Teaching Hospital
by: Aishwarya Megnath, et al.
Published: (2017-07-01)

Perceived changes in knowledge and skills of nursing personnel after the completion of training in safe injection practices: A study from the tertiary care hospital of Haryana, India
by: Vikas Gupta, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01)

Frequency of Work Injuries of Needle Stick among Personnel in Sina Hospital in 2011
by: Rahim Taghavi, et al.
Published: (2015-02-01)

Needle stick injuries and their safety measures among nurses in Erbil Hospitals
by: Ameer Talab Ali ,, et al.
Published: (2022-12-01)

Needle Stick/Sharp Injuries in Health Care Workers
by: Abida Sultana
Published: (2014-06-01)

Needle Stick Injuries, Sharp Injuries and other Occupational Exposures to Blood and Body Fluids among Health Care Workers in a general hospital in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
by: Sanjin Musa, et al.
Published: (2015-02-01)

Prevalence of needle-stick injury among nursing students: A systematic review and meta-analysis
by: Xu Xu, et al.
Published: (2022-08-01)

Needle stick injuries during fine needle aspiration procedure: Frequency, causes and knowledge, attitude and practices of cytopathologists
by: Neeta Kumar, et al.
Published: (2011-01-01)

Factors Associated with Needle Stick and Sharp Injuries among Health Care Workers
by: JABER PARSA-PILI, et al.
Published: (2015-10-01)

Evaluation of Sharp and Needle-stick Injuries in A Tertiary Care Hospital: A Two-year Analytical Cross-sectional Study
by: Gulsah Tuncer, et al.
Published: (2024-01-01)

Study of prevalence and response to needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi, India
by: Sharma Rahul, et al.
Published: (2010-01-01)

Needle Stick Injuries and its Relative Risk Factors in Laboratory and Housekeeping Personnel of Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, Iran
by: Farid Gharibi, et al.
Published: (2015-09-01)

Knowledge and Practice of Standard Precautions and Awareness Regarding Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV among Interns of a Medical College in West Bengal, India
by: Shuvankar Mukherjee, et al.
Published: (2013-03-01)

The Effects of Nurses\' Personal and Professional Characteristics on Needle Stick Injuries
by: masoud Askari Majdabadi, et al.
Published: (2021-10-01)

Prevalence of needle stick injuries among health care providers
by: Najma Rais, et al.
Published: (2013-12-01)

The Prevalence of Needle sticks injuries among health care workers at a hospital in Tehran
by: Rasoul Yarahmadi, et al.
Published: (2014-01-01)

Needle-Stick, Sharp Injuries, and Its Related Factors among Nurses of Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran
by: Edris Abdifard, et al.
Published: (2015-11-01)

NEEDLE STICK AND SHARPS INJURIES AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OF A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
by: Delara Salehifar, et al.
Published: (2016-05-01)

Survey of occupational exposure to needle stick and its risk factors among Healthcare Workers in one of Sabzevar’s hospital
by: Fatemeh Abareshi, et al.
Published: (2018-03-01)

Knowledge of standard precautions and barriers to compliance among healthcare workers in the Lower Manya Krobo District, Ghana
by: Sandra Enyonam Akagbo, et al.
Published: (2017-08-01)

Needle stick injuries and postexposure prophylaxis for hepatitis B infection
by: Tarika Sharma, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01)

Risk analysis of needle stick and sharp object injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital (Saudi Arabia)
by: Ziad A. Memish, et al.
Published: (2019-04-01)

Assessment of Knowledge and Practice in Needle Stick Injury among Health Care Staff
by: MT Sareban, et al.
Published: (2013-03-01)

Risk Factors Assessment of Needle-Stick Injury among the Healthcare Workers of Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran
by: Alireza Safaeian, et al.
Published: (2019-02-01)

Change in hepatitis C virus positivity among needle-stick injury source patients: a 10-year experience in a Japanese tertiary hospital
by: Kazuya Okushin, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01)

NEEDLE STICK AND SHARPS INJURIES AND ITS RISK FACTORS AMONG HEALTH CENTER PERSONNEL (ASTARA IRAN, 2006)
by: R Lotfi,, et al.
Published: (2008-10-01)

Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding needle-stick injury among health care providers
by: Anitha Madhavan, et al.
Published: (2019-01-01)

An Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Standard Precautions Among Health Workers From a Hospital in Northern Cyprus
by: Gulifeiya Abuduxike, et al.
Published: (2021-03-01)

Effects of virtual reality training on decreasing the rates of needlestick or sharp injury in new-coming medical and nursing interns in Taiwan
by: Szu-Hsien Wu, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01)

The pattern of needle stick injury among health care workers at West Bengal
by: Abantika Bhattacharya, et al.
Published: (2014-01-01)

Needle Stick Injuries among Health Care Workers of Alexandria University Hospitals
by: Manal Hanafi, et al.
Published: (2008-03-01)