Safe Injection Practices

Background: Injections are commonly used in healthcare settings for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of various illnesses. Unsafe injection practices put patients and healthcare providers at risk of infectious and non-infectious adverse events. Safe injection practices are part of standard precautions and are aimed at maintaining basic levels of patient safety and provider protections. Objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge and observe safety practices while giving the injections.Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among 200 internees in Government General Hospital, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh in the months of January and February 2010. Data was obtained by semi- structured questionnaire; analyzed by using SPSS software version16.0 at p<0.05 significance level.Results: In the present study, knowledge of internees was enquired into and practices were also observed in various aspects of injection safety. Knowledge on washing hands before giving injection was 64% but when it comes to practice, it was only 29%; knowledge on use of hub-cutter after giving injection was found to be 48% but in practice hub-cutter use was observed to be very less (5.5%); knowledge on safe disposal of used syringes was 42% but only 9.0% were practicing safe disposal. Similarly knowledge on use of color coded bags according to guidelines was 40.5% and in practice it was observed to be 14%.Conclusions: In the present study knowledge and practices on injection safety was found to be poor; dissemination of IEC, behavior change campaigns and continuing education on universal precautions and proper disposal of injection related waste was recommended.

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Safe injection practices among anesthesia providers

The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports ◽

10.11124/jbisrir-2017-003876 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (8) ◽

pp. 1573-1581 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Julie Lynn Adams ◽

Daniel Bryan Rust ◽

Lori Rae Anderson ◽

Franklin John McShane

Keyword(s):

Anesthesia Providers ◽

Safe Injection ◽

Injection Practices

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US Outbreak Investigations Highlight the Need for Safe Injection Practices and Basic Infection Control

Clinics in Liver Disease ◽

10.1016/j.cld.2009.11.004 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 137-151 ◽

Cited By ~ 49

Author(s):

Joseph F. Perz ◽

Nicola D. Thompson ◽

Melissa K. Schaefer ◽

Priti R. Patel

Keyword(s):

Infection Control ◽

Outbreak Investigations ◽

Safe Injection ◽

Injection Practices

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Assessment of Knowledge and Practices regarding Injection Safety and Related Biomedical Waste Management amongst Interns in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Delhi

International Scholarly Research Notices ◽

10.1155/2014/670861 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Anita Shankar Acharya ◽

Priyanka ◽

Jyoti Khandekar ◽

Damodar Bachani

Keyword(s):

Hepatitis B ◽

Waste Management ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Biomedical Waste ◽

Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽

Care Teaching ◽

Safe Injection ◽

Injection Safety ◽

Injection Practices

Injuries caused by needle sticks and sharps due to unsafe injection practices are the most common occupational hazard amongst health care personnel. The objectives of our study were to determine the existing knowledge and practices of interns and change in their level following an information education and communication (IEC) package regarding safe injection practices and related biomedical waste management and to determine the status of hepatitis B vaccination. We conducted a follow-up study among all (106) interns in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Delhi. A predesigned semistructured questionnaire was used. IEC package in the form of hands-on workshop and power point presentation was used. A highly significant (P<0.001) improvement in the knowledge of interns was observed after intervention with respect to the “three criteria of a safe injection” and cleaning of injection site. Thus, the baseline knowledge of interns was good in certain aspects of injection safety, namely, diseases transmitted by unsafe injections and their prevention. We conclude that IEC intervention package was effective in significantly improving the interns’ knowledge regarding safe injection practices and biomedical waste management. Almost two-thirds of interns were immunised against hepatitis B before the intervention and this proportion rose significantly after the intervention.

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Analysis of Factors Adherence to Safe Injection Practice Procedures among Nurses Healthcare Center Qatar

South East Asia Nursing Research ◽

10.26714/seanr.1.2.2019.61-66 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 61

Author(s):

Sobur Setiaman ◽

Syahfirin Abdullah ◽

Kholil Kholil ◽

Kohar Sulistyadi

Keyword(s):

Nursing Intervention ◽

Analytic Description ◽

Needle Stick Injury ◽

Medical Procedure ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Injection Practice ◽

Healthcare Center ◽

Safe Injection ◽

Safe Injection Practice ◽

Injection Practices

Injection practices was common medical procedure done by nurses according doctor’s prescription. In nursing process, injection practice is part of nursing intervention, but injection practices was risky for the health care workers. Needle stick injury was happened to the nurses, 18% due disposal of the needle, and 15% while draw the blood for laboratory study. Adherence to the work procedure influence by few behavior factors. Aim of research of the research were to finding out of the factors influence of adherence to safe injection practice among the nurses at healthcare center X Qatar. Type of the research was observational analytic quantities of the analytic description, using cross sectional approach. 9 variable latent with 56 variable indicator. Size of sample were 114 nurses. Data analytic with using PLS-SEM. T-statistic value on variable culture 2.94; environment 1.99; work procedure 3.81 and supervisory 3.10. T-statistic of Individual characteristic, work facility, attitude, and knowledge bellow 1.96. R2 variable adherence were showed 96.05% with Q2 87.07%. Culture, environment, work procedure and supervisory influenced of the adherence safe injection practice among the nurses. (96.05%) variable independent influence of the adherence safe injection practice among the nurses, within 87.07% showed good predicted.

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