Open AccessNeedle stick injuries in a tertiary eye-care hospital: Incidence, management, outcomes, and recommendations
Author(s) -
Ekta Rishi,
Shantha Balekudaru,
Abhinav Dhami,
Pukhraj Rishi,
Hannah C Rajapriya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_147_17
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , incidence (geometry) , eye care , medical emergency , tertiary level , emergency medicine , medline , optometry , eye injuries , poison control , injury prevention , intensive care medicine , physics , optics , mathematics education , mathematics , political science , law
The purpose of this study is to assess the incidence, management, and outcomes for needle stick injuries (NSIs) in a tertiary eye-care hospital and provide appropriate recommendations for its prevention.