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 sta...

The authors report a case of cutaneous tuberculosis in a 27-year-old African male medical intern who contracted primary cutaneous from a needle-stick injury. Cultures of pus aspirated from the finger initially grew Staphylococcus aureus that led to a delay in the diagnosis.

BACKGROUND Surgeons are one of the groups, most highly exposed to the risk of needle stick injuries at work. The present study aims to determine the prevalence and reporting of needle stick injuries during the first 6 months of 2012, in faculty surgeons affiliated to the Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences. METHODS In a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical survey, 29 surgeons were stu...

Vision-based hand pointing interactive systems always assume implicitly that users’ physical pointing accuracy is perfect. However, this may not be the case. We investigated the accuracy provided by users in three pointing strategies. Result showed that pointing inaccuracy can be as high as 239mm at 3 metres away and suggest that the line-up method provides the best accuracy

Illegal dumping of contaminated medical waste occurs commonly in South Africa. There is little information on the management and outcome of the children exposed to and injured by medical waste. On 15 September 1999, 54 children where involved in a mass exposure incident. 44 presented the same evening and 10 following day. Used needles and syringes were discarded on their soccer field. Children ...

This paper reviews literature on mouth sticks and presents information from a survey of occupational therapists specializing in the treatment of persons with spinal cord injuries. The review discusses the standards of mouth-stick design that have been established by dentists, but the survey suggests that occupational therapy practice is widely discrepant from these standards. The author suggest...