In a recent study published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers described an unusual case of patient-to-healthcare worker (HCW) ...

A needlestick injury is a percutaneous piercing wound typically caused by a needlepoint, resulting in exposure to potentially harmful body fluids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Roughly 385,000 sharps injuries, like needlestick injuries, occur annually to hospital employees, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, putting healthcare workers at risk of ...

Twenty children received needle-stick injuries with a risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 during an incident in a primary school playground. All were counseled and offered human ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract First responders have an increased risk of occupational exposure to HIV as the result of a needlestick injury (NSI) because of the chaotic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A Florida nurse has developed monkeypox infection after an accidental needlestick exposure in the first case of ...

Needlestick and sharps injuries generate significant direct, indirect, potential and intangible costs that may increase over time, according to a new study from Italian researchers. The Rome-based ...

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) Raleigh, North Carolina, has collaborated with the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, on a study that ...

There were 21 children involved in this incident, of which one was HIV-positive. Of the 20 children potentially exposed to infected blood, 19 attended for follow-up testing for HIV, hepatitis B virus ...