Abstract
Background: Every day, health care worker are exposed to dangerous and deadly blood borne pathogens through contaminated needle sticks, sharps, or splash exposures. In hospitals, nurses are the first level of the staff whom contact with risk of infection in unsafe practices related to needles and sharps. Objective: Assess of nurse knowledge regarding needle prick injuries and its risks in Erbil hospitals. Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted in some hospitals of Erbil City. The Sample size for the study was 60 nurses. Purposive sample was selected and Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistic by SPSS version (19). Results: It showed that the most of nurses had good knowledge regarding the needle prick injuries and its risks. Also there are no significance relationship between nurse's knowledge and their demographic data. Conclusion: The researchers concluded that the nurse's knowledge regarding needle prick injuries generally were good. Recommendation: conducting educational teaching programmed for nurses regarding needle prick injury to improve their knowledge about it to protect themselves of its risks.
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