Needlestick injuries: a density-equalizing mapping and socioeconomic analysis of the global research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Needlestick injuries have caused a deleterious effect on the physical and mental health of millions of health-care workers over the past decades, being responsible for occupational infections with viruses such as HIV or hepatis C. Despite this heavy burden of disease, no concise studies have been published on the global research landscape so far.

Methods

We used the New Quality and Quantity Indices in Science platform to analyze global NSI research (n = 2987 articles) over the past 115 years using the Web of Science and parameters such as global versus country-specific research activities, semi-qualitative issues, and socioeconomic figures.

Results

Density-equalizing mapping showed that although a total of n = 106 countries participated in NSI research, lar

SUBMITTER: Groneberg DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199875 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature