Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Volume 27 Issue 3 Serial No. 47
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- Pages.403-409
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- 1994
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- 1975-8375(pISSN)
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- 2233-4521(eISSN)
Incidence of the Needle-Stick Injuries in Medical Students Among Clinical Training
임상실습(臨床實習)중인 의과대학생(醫科大學生)들의 주사침(注射針) 상해(傷害)(needle-stick injury) 발생율(發生率)
- Park, Wan-Seoup (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
- No, Yun-Kyung (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Lee, Jong-Young (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
- Kim, Doo-Hie (Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
- 박완섭 (경북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 노윤경 (경북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 이종영 (경북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 김두희 (경북대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
- Published : 1994.09.01
Abstract
A questionnaire survey wds conducted to assess the experience of the needle stick injury in 144 seniors of a medical school during the previous 10 months. One hundred and five of them (73%) had responded. About sixty-nine percent (72 cases) of the respondents had suffered at least one u and there had been 129 injuries in total. Seventy-eight (56.6%) of the injuries took place at the time of the venipuncture. The emergency and operating room incurred 76.7% and 23.3% of the injury, respectively. Injuries with bleeding account for 50.4%. None of the respondents was systematically educated about the prevention of injury. This survey shows that the needle-stick Injury is a great risk for the medical students' health, and that educational effort for its prevention is warranted.