TITOLO COMPLETO
OSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences
The Prevalence Of Needle Stick Injuryand Their Reporting Among Nursing Students In Karachi, Pakistan
by
Akim Shah(1), Javid Ali(1), RubinaKhan(1), Khalilullah(2),Rukhsana Muhammad Haroon(1), Mahboob Ali(1), Ajmal Khan(3), Muhammad Imran(4), Rasheed Ahmad Khan(1), ZubedaBhutto(1), Zubeeda Bhutto(1), Ubaidullah Amir(5), Abdul Aziz(6)
(1)Institute of Nursing, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi Pakistan
(2)Khyber Institute of Health Sciences and Technology Karachi
(3) Indus College of Nursing Karachi Pakistan
(4) KV SITE Hospital Karachi Pakistan
( 5) School of Science, Medicine and Health University of Wollongong, Australia
( 6) Federal Urdu University Karachi
Corresponding Author: Hakim Shah1, Javid Ali
ARGOMENTO
We aimed to measure the proportion of Needle stick injury (NSI) among nursing students of Karachi Pakistan NSI is common among nursing students in Karachi. The only few of them report the incident to the concerned authorities and hence can not avail the post exposure prophylaxis. Therefore nursing students are at high risk of developing blood borne infection.
