Letter to the Editor: Needle stick injuries and medical education

Madam, as a medical educator I read with great interest the article named Knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical students regarding needle stick injuries in February issue of the journal. We found in a recent study we made with physicians that 88.4% of them had at least one exposure to blood or body fluids and 78.3% of these exposures were related to needle stick injuries. Salem et al. noted that frequency of needle stick injuries was increasing with the rising year of education. But the knowledge level was also increasing. In my opinion in contrast to an increasing knowledge, unsafe procedures encountered in physicians and students may be the result of ignorance or not internalized education offered in medical faculties.