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Needlestick Protection

Needlestick Protection is a safety engineering framework designed to prevent percutaneous injuries caused by contaminated needles, distinguished from other protective measures by its specific focus on minimizing needlestick incidents through barrier technologies, procedural controls, and device innovations in healthcare and laboratory settings.

180

Publications

8.1K

Citations

672

Authors

293

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

Parents

Publications

180

Preventing Needlestick Injuries among Healthcare Workers: A WHO-ICN Collaboration

Susan Wilburn, Gerry Eijkemans · International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health · 2004 · 301 citations

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Accidental Hepatitis-B-Surface-Antigen-Positive Inoculations

Barbara G. Werner · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1982 · 268 citations

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Complete prevention of blood loss with self-sealing haemostatic needles

Mikyung Shin, Sung-Gurl Park, Byung‐Chang Oh et al. · Nature Materials · 2016 · 267 citations

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Epidemiology of needle-stick injuries in hospital personnel

Rita D. McCormick, Dennis G. Maki · The American Journal of Medicine · 1981 · 228 citations

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Risks to Health Care Workers in Developing Countries

Charles Sagoe-Moses, Richard D. Pearson, Jane Perry et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 217 citations

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1–5 of 180

Authors

672

  1. JJ
    Janine Jagger

    University of Virginia, United States

    9 publications · 504 citations

    9

    h-index

  2. RD
    Richard D. Pearson

    University of Virginia, United States

    5 publications · 429 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. JP
    Jane Perry

    University of Virginia Health System, United States

    4 publications · 269 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. EH
    Ella H. Hunt

    University of Virginia, United States

    4 publications · 150 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. SW
    Sabine Wicker

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    3 publications · 239 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 672

Institutions

293

  1. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    644 citations

  2. University of Virginia Health System

    Charlottesville, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    113 citations

  3. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    967 citations

  4. Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    268 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    271 citations

  6. P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre

    Mumbai, India

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    196 citations

  7. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    421 citations

  8. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

    ICHE · 22 publications · 777 citations

    16

    h-index

  2. American Journal of Infection Control

    AJIC · 17 publications · 739 citations

    16

    h-index

  3. PubMed

    Repository · 19 publications · 511 citations

    13

    h-index

  4. Journal of Hospital Infection

    9 publications · 271 citations

    9

    h-index

  5. British Journal of Nursing

    BJN · 4 publications · 68 citations

    4

    h-index

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