scholarly journals Incidence of occupational contact dermatitis in health care workers: A systematic review

Author(s):  
Francesca Larese Filon ◽  
Marco Pesce ◽  
Marília Silva Paulo ◽  
Tom Loney ◽  
Alberto Modenese ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Mahler ◽  
T Bruckner ◽  
A Schmidt ◽  
T L Diepgen

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Galli ◽  
Gino Pozzi ◽  
Fabiana Ruggiero ◽  
Francesca Mameli ◽  
Marco Cavicchioli ◽  
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Razieh Behzadmehr ◽  
Abbas Balouchi ◽  
Mehran Hesaraki ◽  
Farshid Alazmani Noodeh ◽  
Hosein Rafiemanesh ◽  
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Abstract Objectives Health care workers (HCWs) are exposed to needle needles daily. Despite individual studies, there is no statistics on the prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries (NSIs) have been reported. This study was performed to determine the prevalence and causes of unreported NSIs among HCWs. Content In present systematic review and meta-analysis study, three international databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed) were searched from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2018. The random model was used to determine the prevalence of unreported needle stick among HCWs. Summary and outlook Forty-one studies performed on 19,635 health care workers entered the final stage. Based-on random effect model, pooled prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries was 59.9% (95% CI: 52.0, 67.7; I2=98.9%). The most common cause of unreported NSIs was: They were not worried about NSIs (n=12). The high prevalence of unreported needle sticks injuries indicates the urgency and necessity of paying attention to strategies to improve reporting among health workers.


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