Needlestick and sharp injuries and its associated factors among healthcare workers in Southern Ethiopia.
Baye Tsegaye AmlakShegaw Tesfa MengistBetelhem TesfamichaelHaimanot AbebeBitew Zewudie TeferaAgerie Ayinalem MewahegnBogale Chekole TemereTamene Fetene TerefeFisha Alebel GebreEyesusTadesse TsehayMamo Solomon EmirePublished in: SAGE open medicine (2023)
In this study, there is a high magnitude of needlestick or sharp injuries among healthcare workers. Lack of training on work-related safety measures; working in delivery; being older age; working in the inpatient unit, emergency, operation room, and pediatrics units; being laboratory technicians, and cleaners; working hours per week; and seldom needle recapping were significant predictors of needlestick and sharp injury.