background: current who best infection control practices for injections do not address the use of hub cutters due to insufficient evidence on safety and efficacy. objective: to assess the impact of the use of hub cutters on 1) the frequency of needle-stick injuries (nsis) and other blood exposures among workers and 2) the volume of sharps waste in a mass vaccination campaign setting. methods: d...

Background: Sharp injury is a penetrating cut wound from needle or other sharp object which may additionally bring in contacting with blood body fluids of patients who be having an infectious disease. Every year, more than half million health care workers encounter stick that leads exposure to dangerous borne pathogens. This study was conducted assess the magnitude and contributing factors amon...

Injury to the central nervous system (CNS) invokes a reparative response known as astrogliosis, characterized largely by hypertrophy, proliferation and increased expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), resulting in reactive astrocytosis. Based on our prior observation that peritumoral reactive astrocytes express Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), a highly potent and specif...

BACKGROUND Needle-stick and sharps injuries carry the risk of infection and are occupational hazards for all health care professionals involved in clinical care. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and factors contributing to needle-stick injury (NSI) among health care workers of dialysis units in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS Data were obtained by anonymous, self-reporting questionnaire from st...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the knowledge, awareness and practices of health care workers towards universal precautions at the University Hospital of the West Indies. The study also examined the prevalence of injuries experienced by health care workers, as well as incidence of accidents and compliance with post-exposure prophylaxis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross sectional survey was co...