needlestick injuries

Preferred Label : needlestick injuries;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : injuries, needle-stick; injuries, needlestick; needlestick injury; injury, needle-stick; injury, needlestick; needlesticks; needle-stick injuries; needle sticks; needlestick; needle-sticks; needle-stick; needle stick injuries; needle-stick injury; Needle Stick; Stick, Needle; Sticks, Needle;

MeSH Hyperonym : sharps injuries; Injuries, Sharps; Injury, Sharps; Sharps Injury;

MeSH annotation : IM; coord with organ/inj or precoord inj term (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle-stick injury;

Details

Origin ID

D016602;

UMLS CUI

C0085178;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Bisphenol A [NCIt concept]
- DST wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Needle Sticks Cause Pain [NCIt concept]
- Needle stick injury of dorsum of hand (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Needle stick injury of pelvic region (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Needle stick injury of sole of foot (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sharps injury (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- skin injury other [ICPC-2 Rubric]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Needle stick injury (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
Metaterm(s)
- occupational medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- needlestick injuries [MeSH concept]
- sharps injuries [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- blood-borne pathogens [MeSH Descriptor]
- needles [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Injury or Poisoning [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Needle stick injury (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]

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