Abdalkareem Jasim Saade, Thaeer Hammid Ali, Turgunpulatovich Daminov Botir, Kadhem Abid Mohammed, Lateef Al-Awsi Ghaidaa Raheem, Afra Arghavan, Ekrami Hafez Ajam, Ameer Muhammed Fatin Abdul, Mohammadi Mohammad Javad
Medical Laboratory Techniques Department, Al-maarif University College, Al-anbar-Ramadi, Iraq.
Computer Engineering Techniques Department, Faculty of Information Technology, Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Rev Environ Health. 2022 Aug 15;38(4):629-636. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2022-0069. Print 2023 Dec 15.
Needle sticks injuries (NSIs) has caused many health concerns, including the widespread infection disease. Needle sticks injuries can have high threaten health human especially, all those who are in contact with health and medical centers. The purpose of this review study was the determination the effects of needle sticks injuries (NSIs) on health care worker and patents. In this a review study of literature studied conducted on international databases included Google Scholar, ISI/WOS (Web of Science), Springer, Scopus, Medline/PubMed. The literature signs a notable undesirable affect from potential needle sticks injuries related to ways to preventive and risks factors among patents and health care worker. The literature was shown needle stick injuries can cause with a variety of ways including needle recapping, non-standard safety boxes, thin gloves, and inadequate personal protective equipment. According to the result this study, needle stick injuries can transfer infectious disease (Human Immunodeficiency viruses [HIV], Hepatitis C virus [HCV]) and increase risk health on health care worker and patients. According to research related to the subject, the ways to prevent reduce needle sticks include personal protective equipment, holding retraining courses for medical staff in the direction to raise awareness can significantly reduce cases of needle sticks injuries. Further research using more sophisticated methodology is warranted.
