title: Needle sticks injury among nurses involved in patient care: a study in two medical college hospitals of West Bengal.
abstract: A hospital-based retrospective study on a sample of 228 nurses involved in patient care, in two medical college hospitals of West Bengal, showed that 61.4% of them sustained at least one Needle Stick Injury (NSI) in last 12 months. The risk of such injuries per 1000 nurses per year was found to be 3,280. Out of the most recent injuries among 140 nurses, 92.9% remained unreported to appropriate authorities; in 52.9% events hand gloves were worn by the nurses; only 5% of those nurses received hepatitis B vaccine, 2.1% hepatitis B immunoglobulin and none of them received post exposure prophylaxis for HIV.
authors.affiliation: Community Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata. gkjoardar@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Joardar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sadhukhan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dass
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: mandal
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D007136:Immunoglobulins; C045213:hepatitis B hyperimmune globulin