Violence against victims of killings and abuse living can occur in various forms violence/trauma, it be the form blunt violence, sharp violence or other trauma, either jointly separately. Victims mechanical trauma are who mostly served clinical forensic medical services, cases generally experience bruises, abrasions lacerations. Knowledge related to injuries/trauma science is called Traumatolog...

Sharp trauma is an injury resulting in wounds on the surface of body by sharp objects. comprosised three forms wounds, namely incised (vulnus scissum), stab punctum), and chopped caesum). Cardiac damage caused to heart which not congenital or degenerative nature but impact/physical collision from outside can reduce change consciousness lead cognitive abilities, physical function, death. In this...

background and objectives: exposure to contaminated needlesticks and sharp devices is an important occupational hazard among healthcare workers. the objective of this study was to gain further insight into prevalence and risk factors of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers. methods: a cross-sectional survey was carried out among 384 healthcare workers of two hospitals in ne...

conclusions the relatively high prevalence of percutaneous injuries and splashes in this study emphasized the importance of improved prevention strategies, better hospital surveillance for occupational exposure, and enhanced training of healthcare workers. background healthcare workers (hcws) regularly face the risk of exposure to sharp injuries and splashes as an occupational hazard, which pre...

background: health care workers are facing certain occupational hazards because of sharp injury and exposure to human blood and body fluids as a result of handling wastes. though much attention is paid for the protection of these workers, the number of exposures and injuries do not show a sign of decline from time to time. objective: to examine the occurrence of sharp injury and exposure to blo...

background: exposure to human blood and body fluids is a common risk for nurses. many factors can affect the prevalence and incidence of this occupational hazard. psychosocial factors at work may be a risk factor for the exposure. objective: to assess needle stick, sharp injury and mucus exposure to blood-borne pathogens among nurses in iran and to determine the association between these exposu...