Needle sticks and sharps injury: Frequency and awareness among nurses in two hospitals in Ajman, UAE

Category Primary study
JournalGulf Med. Univ.: Proc.
Year 2012
Conclusion: NSSIs are frequent in hospitals in Ajman. Most of these are sustained through disposable syringes, and the nurses perceived that being rushed was the cause. Most nurses understood that infection with HIVAIDS virus, Hepatitis B virus and Hepatitis C virus are possible consequences of NSSIs
Epistemonikos ID: f9d8bfc92f526b3fe76e0f471181f2233710e5f9
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