An Epidemiology of Reported Needlestick Injuries among Health Care Workers in Sabah Health Government Facilities from 1999 – 2008

• Main Authors: Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Richard Avoi, G Andrew, N Iskandar, J Adrian G Simson, JF Lim, M Leonard, E Thomas, A Rodney
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24951/1/An%20Epidemiology%20of%20Reported%20Needlestick%20Injuries%20among%20Health%20Care%20Workers%20in%20Sabah%20Health%20Government%20Facilities%20from%201999%202008.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24951/7/An%20Epidemiology%20of%20Reported%20Needlestick%20Injuries%20among%20Health%20Care%20Workers%20in%20Sabah%20Health%20Government%20Facilities%20from%201999%20%E2%80%93%202008.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24951/

Introduction: Health care workers (HCWs) are at a high risk of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids of patients, resulting in possible transmission of blood- borne pathogens such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus. The information on epidemiology of ne...