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- Needlestick_injury abstract "A needlestick injury, percutaneous injury, or percutaneous exposure incident is the penetration of skin resulting from a needle or other sharp object, which prior to the exposure was in contact with blood, tissue, or other body fluid. Occupational needle-stick injuries primarily affect healthcare workers, who make up 80% of needlestick injuries in the United States. Various other occupations are also at increased risk of needlestick injury, including but not limited to law enforcement, laborers, tattoo artists, food preparers, and agricultural workers. Though the acute physiological effects of a needlestick injury are generally negligible, the efficiency with which these devices transmit blood-borne diseases place those exposed at increased risk of contracting infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Among healthcare workers and laboratory personnel worldwide, more than 25 blood-borne viruses have been reported to be caused by needlestick injuries.It is estimated that half of all occupational needlestick injuries are not reported. Additionally, an unknown number of occupational needlestick injuries are reported by the affected employee, yet due to organizational failure, institutional record of the injury does not exist. Increasing recognition of the unique occupational hazard posed by needlestick injuries, as well as the development of efficacious interventions to minimize the largely preventable occupational risk, encouraged legislative regulation in the US, causing a decline in needlestick injuries among healthcare workers.".
- Needlestick_injury icd10 "W46".
- Needlestick_injury icd9 "E920.5".
- Needlestick_injury meshId "D016602".
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- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLink American_College_of_Surgeons.
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- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "Needlestick injury".
- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "needle-stick injuries".
- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "needlestick injuries".
- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "needlestick injury".
- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "needlesticks".
- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "pricked by a contaminated needle".
- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "stick of contaminated needle".
- Needlestick_injury wikiPageWikiLinkText "sticking".
- Needlestick_injury diseasesdb "31976".
- Needlestick_injury icd "E920.5".
- Needlestick_injury icd "W46".
- Needlestick_injury meshid "D016602".
- Needlestick_injury name "Needlestick injury".
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- Needlestick_injury subject Category:Industrial_hygiene.
- Needlestick_injury subject Category:Medical_hygiene.
- Needlestick_injury hypernym Penetration.
- Needlestick_injury type Disease.
- Needlestick_injury type Redirect.
- Needlestick_injury type Thing.
- Needlestick_injury type Q12136.
- Needlestick_injury comment "A needlestick injury, percutaneous injury, or percutaneous exposure incident is the penetration of skin resulting from a needle or other sharp object, which prior to the exposure was in contact with blood, tissue, or other body fluid. Occupational needle-stick injuries primarily affect healthcare workers, who make up 80% of needlestick injuries in the United States.".
- Needlestick_injury label "Needlestick injury".
- Needlestick_injury sameAs Q1565962.