Abstract
Background: Health care workers are at risk of acquiring blood borne pathogen infections through exposure to blood or infectious body fluids mainly through exposure for needle stick or sharp injury.
Objectives: To assess the problem of needle stick and sharps injuries among health care workers at Tikrit city hospitals.
The Aim: For prevention and control of needle stick injury to keep health care workers safe from blood borne diseases.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study performed on a sample composed of 280 health care workers (HCWs) in Saladin and Tikrit Emergency hospitals during the period from March to December 2021. Well-structured questionnaire.
Results: The study revealed that the health care workers were at high risk of needle stick injury by (70.4%) with the highest percentage were at age more than 40 years.
Conclusion: There is a very high rate of accidental needle stick injury among health care workers by hollow bore needle was common procedure especially during recapping of needles.