Incidence of the Needle-Stick Injuries in Medical Students Among Clinical Training / 예방의학회지
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
;
: 403-410, 1994.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-47639
ABSTRACT
A questionnaire survey was conducted to assess the experience of the needle stick injuries in 144 seniors of a medical school during the previous 10 months. one hundred and five of them (73%) had responded. About sixty-nine percent(72 cases) of the respondents had suffered at least one injury and there had been 129 injuries in total. Seventy-eight(56.6%) of the injuries took place at the time of the venipuncture. The emergency and operating room incurred 76.7 % and 23.3% of the injury, respectively. Injuries with bleeding account for 50.4%. None of the respondents was systematically educated about the prevention of injury. This survey shows that the needle-stick injury is a great risk for the medical students' health, and that educational effort for its prevention is warranted.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Operating Rooms
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Schools, Medical
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Students, Medical
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Incidence
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Needlestick Injuries
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Phlebotomy
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Emergencies
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Hemorrhage
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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