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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Sharps injuries"”.
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An exploration of sharps injuries within a nursing student population in the UK
Percutaneous injuries, such as sharps injuries, can transmit up to 60 different types of pathogen (Tarantola et al., 2006) to the injured party. Whilst up to 100% of some nursing student populations sustain sharps injuries (Trivedi et al., 2013), a dearth of research studies investigating the topic …
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Systematic view on needlestick injuries
Each year, 385,000 needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries are sustained by hospital-based healthcare workers in U.S. (CDC, 2015). Out of the overall sharps injuries, approximately 67% are caused by needlestick devices ("CDC: Stop Sticks, Sharps Injuries," 2013). Numerous pathogens can be …
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Determinants of Nursing-Sensitive Patient Safety Outcomes Among Patients Admitted to Medical and Surgical Acute Care Settings in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Study
… levels of nurses’ burnout, needlestick and sharps injuries, intent to leave, and absenteeism. The quantitative study demonstrated that nurses working in acute care settings of the study hospitals typically work more than 40 hours per week and care for many patients per shift, which has the …