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Health workers in providing services have the potential risk of needle stick injuries or other sharp objects, these can carry blood pathogens such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), HIV and twenty more other pathogens, which have an impact on infection where the chance of contracting Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV infection. According to the World Health Organization, globally, about 3 million of the 35 million health care workers receive exposure to blood-borne pathogens each year. A total of 2,000,000 health workers of whom infected the Hepatitis B virus, 900,000 infected the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and another 170,000 were infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Several studies have shown that recapping and years of service are associated with the incidence of needle sticks in health facilities. To examine studies that explain the relationship between recapping actions and years of service for health workers with the incidence of needle sticks injury in health facilities. This study used an observational study with a cross sectional design. Sources of data obtained from secondary data through Online. Data collection procedures using databases include Pubmed, Google Scholar and Garuda Portal with a range of 2016-2020. Analyzed using the Revman 5.3 application. Results Of the 33 studies obtained according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 14 studies were obtained which could be continued to the analysis stage using the Revman 5.3 Application. The recapping action variable uses 10 studies and years of service using 9 studies. The results of data analysis showed that there was a relationship between recapping and the incidence of needle sticks with a p-value = 0.00001 and a Pooled odds ratio value of 2.71 (95% CI 2.32, 3.16) and the data results showed a relationship between years of service and the incidence of needle stick injury with p = 0.008 and pooled odds ratio 1.82 (95% CI 1.17, 2.85). There is a relationship between recapping actions and years of service for health personnel with the incidence of needle sticks injury in health facilities.