Needle stick injuries during medical training among Thai pre-clinical year medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Wiwanitkit, V.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 84(1): 120-124
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 11281490 Document Number: 1764
Objective: To study episodes of needle stick injuries during medical training among pre-clinical year medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. Setting: Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Subjects: 375 pre-clinical year medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University during academic year 1998 - 1999. Method: Questionnaire survey and interviewing. Results: In this study only 5 students revealed that they had ever had accidental exposure during venipuncture training. Each episode of exposure was different in the details. Most of the accidents occurred after venipuncture practice (80%). Conclusion: Although the universal precautions are taught in many subjects, we also found that accidental exposures still occur. Not only prevention of accidents but also post-exposure management should be frequently reiterated to the medical students at every level. Any medical practice of students should be under supervisor control.
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