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Descriptor English:   Needlestick Injuries 
Descriptor Spanish:   Lesiones por Pinchazo de Aguja 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha 
Synonyms English:   Injuries, Needlestick
Needle-Stick Injuries
Needle-Sticks
Needlesticks
Injuries, Needle-Stick
Injuries, Sharps
Injury, Needle-Stick
Injury, Needlestick
Injury, Sharps
Needle Stick Injuries
Needle Sticks
Needle-Stick
Needle-Stick Injury
Needlestick
Needlestick Injury
Sharps Injury
Sharps Injuries  
Tree Number:   C26.986.950.500
Definition English:   Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease. 
Indexing Annotation English:   IM; coord with organ/inj or precoord inj term (IM)
History Note English:   92 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   29940 
Unique Identifier:   D016602 

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