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Needlestick injuries that occur in children from discarded needles in community settings, such as parks and playgrounds, are especially concerning. While the exact number of needlestick injuries in children in the US is unknown, even one injury in a child is enough to cause public alarm.
A safety syringe is a syringe with a built-in safety mechanism to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries to healthcare workers and others. The needle on a safety syringe can be detachable or permanently attached. On some models, a sheath is placed over the needle, whereas in others the needle retracts into the barrel.
Pooled results of 12 studies (RCTs) with 3,437 participants showed that double gloving reduced the number of perforations in inner gloves with 71% compared to single gloving. On average ten surgeons/nurses involved in 100 operations sustain 172 single gloves perforations but with double gloves only 50 inner gloves would be perforated.
A 1996 study of blood donors (a larger needle is used in blood donation than in routine venipuncture) found that 1 in 6,300 donors sustained a nerve injury. [5] Risk and side affects can include a variety of things. Dizziness, sweating, and a drop in your heart rate and blood pressure. [6]
For example, there is limited needlestick injury awareness among agriculture workers, and there is a need for comprehensive programs to prevent needlestick injuries on livestock operations. [28] Proper animal handling techniques and training, or stockmanship, can also decrease the risk of livestock injury.
A 30-year-old female laboratory worker in South Korea working at a BSL-2 was infected with Dengue through a needlestick injury. [62] 2016 Zika virus: United States Researcher infected with zika virus in a laboratory accident at University of Pittsburgh. [63] 2016 Nocardia testacea: Australia
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Here are links to possibly useful sources of information about Needlestick injury. PubMed provides review articles from the past five years (limit to free review articles) The TRIP database provides clinical publications about evidence-based medicine. Other potential sources include: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and CDC