English - Turkish
Definition of needlestick in English Turkish dictionary
- Kullanılmış şırınga iğnesi gibi steril olmayan bir iğnenin deriye batması
English - English
Definition of needlestick in English English dictionary
- Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object
The nurse developed hepatitis as a result of a needlestick.
- An accidental puncture of the skin with an unsterilized instrument (as a syringe) ¯ called also needlestick injury
- needlestick injury
- Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object
The nurse developed hepatitis as a result of a needlestick injury.
- needlestick-injury
- Attributive form of needlestick injury, noun