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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Clinical nurse awareness and prevention of sharp injuries [Abstract] sharps injuries are the most commonly encountered medical staff a career injury, it refers to the period of work by the injection needle, needle, needle, scalpel, scissors and other medical sharps (including ampoules debris thorn injury, bleeding skin injuries. clinically sharp hospital nurse is the highest rate of injury groups, but in the country, sharps injuries in the nursing work that the most common cause of occupational injury not enough nurses attention. This paper will clinical nurses awareness and prevention of sharp injuries were briefly analyzed. [Keywords:] sharps injury prevention awareness among clinical nurses In clinical care, all kinds of injection, infusion is the most basic, most common and a lot of care and technical operations. However, this large amount of daily work, needle stick injuries caused by the occupational exposure to infected blood caused The potential danger is becoming more serious [1]. has now been confirmed that at least 20 species of pathogens can be injured by sharp objects (mainly spread of needle stick injuries in medical personnel in the risk of HIV infection was 0.3%, HBV infection risk was 6 % ~ 30%, HCV infection risk is 1.8% [2]. At the same time, a large number of studies confirm: Needlestick injuries to nurses by blood-borne infection and occupational groups at high risk of disease [1], some diseases by a sharp instrument injury can spread blood-borne infectious sharps injury risk is far greater than the other way, more than 80% [3]. The present of these diseases caused by sharp injury and lack of effective treatment, once the infection on means work, family, life changes, even survival will also be a problem, and may also in unconsciously transmitted to the surrounding relatives, colleagues [4]. so medical personnel, especially nurses deal with sharps injury awareness and prevention of attention. Clinical Nurs