title: [Prevalence of unsafe conditions associated to non-intentional needlestick injuries among trainee physicians].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Physicians in training face high-risk clinical situations for needlestick injuries during their training.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence and establish behaviors associated with needlestick injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted during the 2012-2013 school year among undergraduate and graduate medical students of a Faculty of Medicine in Mexico.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were a total of 441 questionnaires completed, of which 56.7% of students reported having experienced at least one lesion, of which only 44.5% reported it. The conditions and unsafe acts associated were: female students had a greater risk for the first puncture, whereas male students correlated with three or more punctures; third year students, night shift rounds, the feeling of being rushed by someone else, and the presence of fatigue were risk factors for the first puncture (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high prevalence and the underreporting of non-intentional punctures places students at a higher risk of transmissible diseases. Strategies focused on prevention, monitoring, and control of accidental punctures should be implemented by hospitals, schools, and medical schools.
authors: Aldanely
authors: A
authors: Padrón Salas
authors: Departamento de Salud Pública y Epidemiología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, S.L.P.
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Soria Orozco
authors: Departamento de Salud Pública y Epidemiología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, S.L.P.|Subdirección de Calidad, Hospital Central «Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto», San Luís Potosí, S.L.P.
authors: Luis Meave
authors: LM
authors: Gutiérrez Mendoza
authors: Abraham
authors: A
authors: Torres Montes
authors: CIACYT-Facultad de Medicina, San Luís Potosí, S.L.P.
authors: Patricia Elizabeth
authors: PE
authors: Cossío Torres
authors: Departamento de Salud Pública y Epidemiología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, S.L.P.
authors: Mercedes
authors: M
authors: Yáñez Lane