Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.
Rahma Yusuf Haji MohamudNur Adam MohamedAhmet DoğanFartun Mohamed HilowleSuad Abdikarim IsseMohamed Yaqub HassanIfrah Adan HilowlePublished in: Risk management and healthcare policy (2023)
Healthcare professionals around the world continue to face major health risks from needle stick and sharps injuries. The present study found that 8.6%of healthcare workers sustained a needle stick and sharps injuries incident in the past year. According to our findings, healthcare institutions need to regularly teach healthcare professionals, especially nurses and cleaners about the significance of needle stick and sharps injuries.