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MeSH Heading: Needlestick Injuries
Tree Number(s): C26.986.950.500
Unique ID: D016602
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016602
Annotation: IM; coord with organ/inj or precoord inj term (IM)
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: NEEDLESTICK INJ
Entry Term(s): Injuries, Needlestick; Needle Stick; Needle-Stick; Needle-Stick Injuries; Needle-Sticks; Needlestick; Needlesticks; Sharps Injuries
Previous Indexing: Needles (1978-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/25
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0025319
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Needlestick Injuries Preferred Term
Term UI T049719
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Needle-Stick
Term UI T000998919
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Needlestick
Term UI T000998920
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Injuries, Needlestick
Term UI T049718
Date10/23/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Needle Stick
Term UI T000998918
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Needle-Stick Injuries
Term UI T049720
Date12/06/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Needlesticks
Term UI T049717
Date10/23/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Needle-Sticks
Term UI T049721
Date12/06/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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