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.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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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