Occupational exposure to blood or body fluids as a result of needlestick injuries and other sharp device injuries among medical residents in Japan.

摘要

Medical residents are vulnerable to needlestick injuries and/or injuries from other sharp devices (hereafter referred to as needlestick and/or sharps injuries) because they lack experience and skill.1'2 In the United States, 71% of medical residents and medical students reported 1 or more needlestick and/or sharps injuries or other blood or body-fluid exposures every year.