Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) suffer more than 2 million occupational needle-
stick injuries (NSIs) annually. Goal: To determine the global prevalence and causes of NSIs …

Background. Healthcare workers are at high risk of occupational exposure to needle stick
injury worldwide. Occupational exposure to needle stick injury represents the most common …

Background. Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids has become a serious public
health problem for healthcare workers and is a major risk for the transmission of various …

Background Nurses usually provide direct patient care. However, they account for the
majority of healthcare workers (HCWs) injured by needles or other sharp objects. Objectives …

Background Studies on knowledge, attitudes and practices among health care workers
involved in HIV and AIDS care have often revealed the lack of knowledge about HIV and …

Objective To estimate full hepatitis B vaccination coverage (uptake of≥ 3 doses of vaccine)
among health-care workers (HCWs) in Africa. Methods We systematically searched the …

Abstract Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of occupational exposure to
blood-borne pathogens through contact with human blood and other body fluids. This study …

Background Healthcare workers are at risk of acquiring hepatitis B and C virus infections
through patients' blood and bodily fluids exposure. So far, there is no pooled data that shows …

Background New strategies to increase measles and rubella vaccine coverage, particularly
in low-and middle-income countries, are needed if elimination goals are to be achieved …

Background Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids poses a threat to medical
providers and to nurses especially. This harm is not only physical, but psychology as well …