 Needlestick Injuries
"Needlestick Injuries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016602
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.986.950.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Needlestick Injuries- Needlestick Injuries
- Injury, Needlestick
- Needlestick Injury
- Needlesticks
- Needlestick
- Needle-Sticks
- Needle Sticks
- Needle-Stick
- Injuries, Needlestick
- Needle-Stick Injuries
- Injuries, Needle-Stick
- Injury, Needle-Stick
- Needle Stick Injuries
- Needle-Stick Injury
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Needlestick Injuries" by people in Profiles.
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Brown JC, Tuuri RE, Akhter S, Guerra LD, Goodman IS, Myers SR, Nozicka C, Manzi S, Long K, Turner T, Conners GP, Thompson RW, Park E. Lacerations and Embedded Needles Caused by Epinephrine Autoinjector Use in Children. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Mar; 67(3):307-315.e8.
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Pentz RD, Alderfer MA, Pelletier W, Stegenga K, Haight AE, Hendershot KA, Dixon M, Fairclough D, Hinds P. Unmet needs of siblings of pediatric stem cell transplant recipients. Pediatrics. 2014 May; 133(5):e1156-62.
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