Introduction (2) Needlestick Injury Issue In Malaysia

Greeting to all,
Do you know..?

That the most common form of injuries among health care workers (HCW) are needle stick injuries.In Malaysia,the Occupational Health Unit in the Ministry of Health had reported an incidence rate of 4.7 needlestick injuries per 1000 HCW's in 2005.
With outgrowing number of patients,limited time and ascending workload,we can make early hypothesis whether this statistic will increase in number or not.
In short, almost in everything we do,with conscience or not,the hazard is there.For instance,as a healthcare worker,most of them are exposed to the risk of getting needlestick injury.