Study of prevalence and response to needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi, India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Sharma, Rahul ^a   Rasania, S K ^a   Verma, Anita ^a   Singh, Saudan ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Health care workers; HIV; Needle stick injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952003368     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62565     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Gerberding JL. Incidence and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and cytomegalovirus among health care personnel at risk for blood exposure: Final report from a longitudinal study. J Infect Dis 1994;170:1410-1417
2. Tokars JI, Marcus R, Culver DH, Schable CA, McKibben PS, Bandea CI, et al. Surveillance of HIV infection and zidovudine use among health care workers after occupational exposure to HIV-infected blood. Ann Intern Med 1993;118:913-919
3. Pruss-Ustun A, Rapiti E, Hutin Y. Sharps injuries: Global burden of disease from sharps injuries to health-care workers. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2003 (WHO Environmental Burden of Disease Series, No. 3).
4. Elder A, Paterson C. Sharps injuries in UK health care: A review of injury rates, viral transmission and potential efficacy of safety devices. Occup Med (Lond) 2006;56:566-574
5. Kermode M, Jolley D, Langkham B, Thomas MS, Crofts N. Occupational exposure to blood and risk of bloodborne virus infection among health care workers in rural north Indian health care settings. Am J Infect Control 2005;33:34-41.
6. Askarian M, Malekmakan L. The prevalence of needle stick injuries in medical, dental, nursing and midwifery students at the University teaching hospitals of Shiraz, Iran. Indian J Med Sci 2006;60:227-232
7. Whitby RM, McLaws ML. Hollow-bore needlestick injuries in a tertiary teaching hospital: Epidemiology, education and engineering. Med J Aust 2002;177:418-422
8. Ebrahimi H, Khosravi A. Needlestick injuries among nurses. J Res Health Sc 2007;7:56-62.
9. Makary MA, Al-Attar A, Holzmueller CG, Sexton JB, Syin D, Gilson MM, et al. Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training. N Engl J Med 2007;356:2693-2699
10. Singru SA, Banerjee A. Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in a teaching hospital in Mumbai, India. Ind J Comm Med 2008;33:26-30.
11. Pournaras S, Tsakris A, Mandraveli K, Faitatzidou A, Douboyas J, Tourkantonis A. Reported needlestick and sharp injuries among health care workers in a Greek general hospital. Occup Med (Lond) 1999;49:423-426
12. Rele M, Mathur M, Turbadkar D. Risk of needle stick injuries in health care workers - A report. Indian J Med Microbiol 2002;20:206-207
13. Ilhan MN, Durukan E, Aras E, Türkçüölu S, Aygün R. Long working hours increase the risk of sharp and needlestick injury in nurses: The need for new policy implication. J Adv Nurs 2006;56:563-568
14. Ayas NT, Barger LK, Cade BE, Hashimoto DM, Rosner B, Cronin JW, et al. Extended work duration and the risk of self-reported percutaneous injuries in interns. JAMA 2006;296:1055-1062
15. Adegboye AA, Moss GB, Soyinka F, Kreiss JK. The epidemiology of needlestick and sharp instrument accidents in a Nigerian hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1994;15:27-31.