“…Infection can spread from corpses to workers by airborne transmission, by direct contact, or through needle and sharp object injuries. Objective: Knowledge about the prevalence of these infections on autopsy is essential to determine the risk of transmission and to further enforce safety measures. …”
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“…Above 85% of the participants would be concerned about becoming infected with HIV after a needle/ sharp object injury and more than 80% of them were willing to be tested for HIV. …”
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“…The vast majority (96.9%) of patients fell from a height, while the rest fell from a height onto a sharp object. Most of them (90.9%) had experienced no shock symptoms. …”
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“…The mechanisms of injury often include accidental fall, either onto a small-diameter sharp object (10 cases) or while carrying such an object in the hand (4 cases). …”
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“…Materials and methods Between January 2011 and December 2019, HCWs who applied for infection prevention and control (IPC) due to ORIs (percutaneous needlestick and sharp-object injury or contact with blood or body fluids) were included in the study. …”
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“…SIMPLE SUMMARY: Causes of inappetence and dysphagia in cow include swallowing foreign bodies, such as a magnet or a sharp object, or trauma to the posterior pharyngeal area during oral administration. …”
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“…Incidents factors included the following: incident predominantly occurred in the victim’s home (73%), involving the use of a sharp object (36%), bodily force (31%) or blunt force (20%). …”
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“…Compared with incidents reported to the police, those not reported were more likely to involve male patients (difference: +47.0%; p<0.001) and sharp object injuries (difference: +24.7%; p<0.001). …”
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“…The analysis of damage on clothing imparted by a sharp object can assist in the characterization of the weapon. …”
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“…The right eye was involved in 21 patients and the left 1 in 15. A sharp object or metal hook was the cause of this lesion in 16 patients, sinus surgery in 14 patients, traffic accident in 3 patients, orbital surgery in 2 patients, and conjunctive tumor surgery in 1 patient. …”
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“…Needle stick injury was the most common type of exposure, in 189 (75.9s%), followed by sharp-object injury, mucous-membrane exposure and contact with nonintact skin. …”
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“…Regarding the event types, road accidents were the most common cause (60.0%) and it was followed by sharp object injuries (18.7%) and firearm injuries (11.6%). 27.7% of the subjects received 2 units blood and blood products transfusion and 21.3% only 1 unit transfusion. …”
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“…Women were more likely to be injured following slaps, punches, or kicks (n = 950, 41.2%) and men were more likely to be injured by an object, 41.0% with a blunt object (n = 1658) and 37.9% by a knife or another sharp object (n = 1532). For patients experiencing in-home interpersonal violence, overall mortality is 1.8% and 0.5% for men and women, respectively (p < 0.001). …”
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“…Moreover, occupational exposure types were listed from high to low proportion as follows: broken protective clothing (56, 70%), mask loosening or displacement (13, 16.25%), skin exposure (6, 7.5%), and sharp object injuries (5, 6.25%). Occupational exposure was discovered mainly through self-discovery (56, 70%), while other discovery ways were majorly colleague discovery (12, 15%) and infection control supervisor discovery (12, 15%). …”
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“…While the trauma cases were caused by multi-trauma, sharp object injury, soft-tissue injury, and head trauma, the pre-diagnosis of the non-trauma cases mainly included mental confusion and behavioral disorder due to use of alcohol; conversion; behavioral changes due to use of substance and drug use; hypotension; and allergic reaction. …”
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“…CASE REPORT: A 21-year-old male was admitted in our hospital for wound of right shoulder with pain and inability to move this arm with a history of direct trauma with sharp object 3 days back. On examination, a wound 15 cm in length on the superior aspect of the right shoulder with its depth extending up to the glenohumeral joint was noted. …”
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“…Cases with OGI caused by a sharp object (p = 0.007, OR = 0.204, 95% CI = 0.065–0.641) and those injured by a glass (p = 0.039, OR = 0.229, 95% CI = 0.056–0.931) had more favorable final vision. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Sharps injury is a penetrating stab wound from a needle, scalpel, or another sharp object that may result in exposure to blood or other body fluids. …”
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“…When examining the mechanism of abdominal trauma in patients, the following results were obtained: 58 (53.3%) traffic accidents (22 out-vehicle and 36 in-vehicle), 27 (24.7%) falling from a height, 14 (12.9%) assaults, 5 (4.5%) sharp object injuries, and 5 (4.5%) gunshot injuries. …”
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“…Similarly, research on blood-injection-injury-type-specific phobia clusters two fears different in their innateness: 1) an arguably ontogenetic memory-trace-overconsolidation-based fear (hospital phobia) and 2) a hardwired (innate) fear of the sight of one's blood or a sharp object penetrating one's skin. Genetic architecture-charting of fear-circuitry-related traits has been challenging. …”
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