Needle stick injuries among medical students.
J Indian Med Assoc
;
2000 Aug; 98(8): 436-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-103697
ABSTRACT
Questionnaires were distributed among 200 medical students regarding safety precautions observed while perfonning various invasive procedures during their clinical posting. Only 106 students responded with the completed questionnaire. The most common procedure performed by the students was drawing of blood, with an average frequency of 60.8 per month. Sixty-one per cent of the students reported being injured during the various procedures and only 3 5.5% of them used gloves. Resheathing the needle was responsible for causing injury to 69% of the students, which was significantly higher than injuries occurring while entry into the vein or withdrawing the needle (p<0.05).
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Protective Devices
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Students, Medical
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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HIV Infections
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Incidence
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Data Collection
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Probability
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Surveys and Questionnaires
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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