Exposure to needle stick injuries among health care workers in hemodialysis units in the southwest of Iran: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Jamshid Roozbeh (Author), Leila Malekmakan (Author), Mina Mashayekh (Author), Anahita Dehghani (Author), Soroush Ansari (Author), Hossein Akbarialiabad (Author), Mehdi Mahmudpour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Needle stick injury (NSI) is the most common cause of infection with blood-borne pathogens (BBP) among healthcare workers (HCWs). This study aimed to assess the prevalence of NSI and it's contributing factors among HCWs of hemodialysis (HD) units in southwest Iran. Methods A...