Needle stick injuries during medical training among Thai pre-clinical year medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.
OBJECTIVE
To study episodes of needle stick injuries during medical training among pre-clinical year medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.


METHODS
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.


METHODS
Retrospective descriptive study.


METHODS
375 pre-clinical year medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University during academic year 1998-1999.


METHODS
Questionnaire survey and interviewing.


RESULTS
In this study only 5 students revealed that they had ever had accidental exposure during venipuncture training. Each episode of exposure was different in the details. Most of the accidents occurred after venipuncture practice (80%).


CONCLUSIONS
Although the universal precautions are taught in many subjects, we also found that accidental exposures still occur. Not only prevention of accidents but also post-exposure management should be frequently reiterated to the medical students at every level. Any medical practice of students should be under supervisor control.
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D008297:Male; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011336:Probability; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012577:Schools, Medical; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology