Needle-Stick, Sharp Injuries, and Its Related Factors among Nurses of Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran (original) (raw)
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of needle-stick and sharp object injuries among staff nurses in Dessie referral hospital, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2018. Results: Among the 151 study participants, 98 (65%) respondents were males. Seventy-five (48.1%) participants had 4-10 years of experience. The overall prevalence of needle stick and sharp object injury among staff nurses in Dessie referral hospital was 43%. In this study, nurses who worked in the emergency department were 11× more likely to experience needle stick and sharp object injury compared with nurses who worked in outpatient department P = 0.004 [AOR = 11.511 95% CI 2.134, 62.09)]. Participants who were worked in adult health department were 10× more likely experience needle stick and sharp object injury when compared with participants who were worked in outpatient department P = 0.006 [AOR = 9.742 95% CI 1.904, 49.859)]. The major implication of these study findings on the health system is the importance of given emphasis for nurses in relation with needle stick and sharp injury.
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Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors related to needle stick injuries (NSIs) and to assess related safety measures among a sample of Iranian nurses. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a random sample of 168 registered active nurses was selected from different wards of one of the hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS). Data were collected by an anonymous questionnaire and a checklist based observational method among the 168 registered active nurses. Results: The prevalence of NSIs in the total of work experience and the last year was 76% and 54%, respectively. Hollow-bore needles were the most common devices involved in the injuries (85.5%). The majority of NSIs occurred in the morning shift (57.8%) and the most common activity leading to NSIs was recapping needles (41.4%). The rate of underreporting NSIs was 60.2% and the major reasons for not reporting the NSIs were heavy clinical schedule (46.7%) and perception of low risk of infection (37.7%). A statistically significant relationship was found between the occurrence of NSIs and sex, hours worked/ week, and frequency of shifts/month. Conclusion: The study showed a high prevalence of NSIs among nurses. Supportive measures such as improving injection practices, modification of working schedule, planning training programs targeted at using personal protective equipment, and providing an adequate number of safety facilities such as puncture resistant disposal containers and engineered safe devices are essential for the effective prevention of NSI incidents among the studied nurses.
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Health workers are at risk of contracting diseases from blood/body fluids (bloodborne pathogens) in various ways through needle stick injuries or Needle Stick Injury (NSI). The trouble that can occur if a needle stick can cause HBV infection (Hepatitis B Virus), HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with work accidents involving needle sticks or other sharp objects in nurses at Leuwiliang Hospital, Bogor Regency, in 2018. This study used a crosssectional study design. The sampling technique used is simple random sampling with a total of 71 respondents. Data collection in this study used a questionnaire and analyzed the data with the chi-square statistical test using statistical application software (SPSS 16). The results showed that there was no relationship between unsafe acts (p-value = 0.461), unsafe conditions (p-value = 0.301, years of service (p-value = 0.757), knowledge (p-value = 0.190), supervision (p-value = 0.090) with a needle stick or other sharp object. As for the other variables, there is a relationship between skills (p-value = 0.010) OR = 0.237 (95% CI: 0.085-0.662), training (p-value = 0.022) OR = 3.566 (95% CI: 1.313-9.688) with accidents stabbed work needles or other sharp objects. This study concludes that the lack of skills and training affects nurses in work accidents because someone in every job needs skills and training to improve their abilities and expertise. so that they can complete tasks properly and can avoid the risk of work accidents.
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Background & Aims: Needle Stick Injury (NSI) is one of the important aspects of safety in healthcare centers which has major negative impact on staff and patients health. So, this study aims to assess NSIs status and its effective factors among nurses. Materials & Methods: This is a cross-sectional study which was done in Tabriz Imam Reza hospital using a researcher-made questionnaire. The obtained data are initially analyzed descriptively and then the relationship between background variables and NSIs aspects was assessed using statistical tests. All of analyses were conducted using SPSS16 and in all cases the significance of P was considered as less than 0.05. Results: The study results showed that 34.3% of the nurses have had NSIs in the past year and its rate has been average 0.74 time per person annually. Also, it was revealed that there is a significant relationship between NSIs exposure and the variables of job, educational field, job experience and the hospital ward. It was ...
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