Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Exposure rate of needlestick and sharps injuries among Australian veterinarians | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology BioMed Central Research Exposure rate of needlestick and sharps injuries among Australian veterinarians Peter A Leggat 1 2 Derek R Smith2 1 and Richard Speare1 Open Access Address Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine James Cook University Townsville Queensland 4811 Australia and 2WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence Faculty of Health University of Newcastle Ourimbah New South Wales 2258 Australia Email Peter A Leggat - Derek R Smith - Richard Speare - Corresponding author Published 28 August 2009 Received 24 July 2009 Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2009 4 25 doi 1745-6673-4-25 Accepted 28 August 2009 This article is available from http content 4 1 25 2009 Leggat et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Needlestick and sharps injuries NSI represent an important occupational health issue in veterinary practice. Little is known about the distribution and correlates of NSI among Australian veterinarians. Methods A questionnaire-based NSI survey was mailed to 1094 veterinarians registered with the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland during 2006. Results A total of 664 surveys were returned from 1038 eligible participants response rate with being male around one-third in the 50 years age group and about half aged 31 50 years. Just over two-fifths were working in small animal practice only. Around three quarters reported suffering at least one NSI in the previous 12 months while reported suffering from at least one contaminated NSI during the previous 12 months which
