Diseases

Needlestick Injuries

Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease.

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Abstract

Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease.

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Synonyms

20 entry terms
  • Injuries, Needlestick
  • Needle Stick
  • Needle-Stick
  • Needle-Stick Injuries
  • Needle-Sticks
  • Needlestick
  • Needlesticks
  • Injuries, Needle-Stick
  • Injury, Needle-Stick
  • Injury, Needlestick
  • Needle Stick Injuries
  • Needle Sticks
  • Needle-Stick Injury
  • Needlestick Injury
  • Stick, Needle
  • Sticks, Needle
  • Sharps Injuries
  • Injuries, Sharps
  • Injury, Sharps
  • Sharps Injury

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

IM; coord with organ/inj or precoord inj term (IM)

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History Note

92

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Previous Indexing

  • Needles (1978-1991)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Needlestick Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016602. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016602
  2. Needlestick Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needlestick_injury
  3. Needlestick Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1565962