Abstract
Injections are the most common health care procedure worldwide.Risk of unsafeinjection exposed health care providers to needle-stick injury that constitute a majorhazard for the transmission of bloodborne diseases.The establishment of Safe InjectionGlobal Network (SIGN) was a milestone towards safe injection practice globally. Safeinjection is a vital component of infection prevention process without which many patientsare at risk of being exposed to several non-curable and curable infectious diseases.Thisstudy aimed to assess nursingstudents' knowledge, practices, and attitude regarding safeinjection practices and needlestick injury.A cross sectional study design was utilized toaccomplish this study.Convenience sampling technique of community health nursingstudents were included in the sample.The study results revealed that the prevalence rate ofneedlestick injury (NSI)was 52.1% of among the studentsthrough last three levels of theiracademic study. The majority of the studied students had lack of knowledge andimproperpractice regarding safe injection practices and needlestick injury.Conclusion:needle stick injuries was prevalent among more than half of studied nursing students.Majority of the nursing students had a poor score level of knowledge and improper practiceregarding safe injection practices and needlestick injury.Finally, it is recommendedcontinuous health education program and training courses regarding safe injectionpractices prior to starting clinical practice.
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