scholarly journals Study of knowledge, attitude and practice of needle stick injury among nurses in a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 865
Author(s):  
Dharmendra Gupta ◽  
Shashi Saxena ◽  
Vijender Kumar Agrawal ◽  
Meenakshi Singh ◽  
Saurabh Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Needle Stick Injuries

Background: Needle stick injuries (NSIs) are a hazard for people who work with hypodermic syringes and other needle equipment. These injuries can occur at any time when people use, disassemble, or dispose of needles. Needle Stick and Sharps Injuries (NSSIs) are one of the major risk factors for blood-borne infections. The aim and objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge, attitude, practice and prevalence of NSIs among nurses in a private tertiary care hospital of district Bareilly; to recommended the preventive measure to control the injuries.Methods: A survey has been conducted in August 2013 to February 2014 among the nurses. This is a cross-sectional study. A purposive sampling was done aimed at covering at least 50 trained nurses and 50 nursing students working in a private tertiary care hospital Bareilly.Results: The prevalence of needle stick injuries per year equals 69.0%. Self inflicted were most common among nurses working in the wards. Instruments contaminated with infectious material accounted for the injuries in the study group of nurses.Conclusions: NSSIs are highly prevalent among nurses, and prevention is the most effective way to protect nurses from infectious diseases. The most common cause of injuries from needles was an improper handling of syringes and needles after injections.

scholarly journals Needle stick injury reporting among surgeons in tertiary hospitals of Lahore

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umar Younis ◽  
Syed Faraz-ul- Hassan Shah ◽  
Aliya Muzafar ◽  
Muhammad Zeeshan Sarwar ◽  
Fakeha Rehman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Surgical Practice ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Needle Stick Injuries

Background: Needle stick injuries have a fairly common incidence in surgical practice exposing surgeons to an array of transmissible diseases. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of needle stick injury, and their reporting among surgeons in tertiary hospital setting. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Various tertiary care hospital of Lahore. Period: January 2016 through April, 2016. Methods: Our sample size was 935 Surgeons. We determined the prevalence of needle stick injuries, reporting of NSI, the reasons for not reporting and the reasons for acquired injuries. Results: Needle stick injury was reported by only 85 (9.1%) participants. The reasons for not reporting varied; 363 (38.8%) did not report due to unawareness of the existence of a relevant system, 250 (26.7%) did not know whom to report, 86 (9.2%) were not able to spare time to report, 81 (8.7%) were afraid of results, 48 (5.1%) thought that patient was low risk and 107 (11.4%) did not bother. Conclusion: There was a lack of hospital policy to cater to the reporting of injuries sustained during surgical practice. A dire need for a system was observed to educate the healthcare workers and provide a medium to assist the process of reporting.

scholarly journals A study on knowledge, attitude, practice and prevalence of needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital of Assam

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 2031
Author(s):  
Jurimoni Gogoi ◽  
Sultana Jesmin Ahmed ◽  
Hiranya Saikia ◽  
Ratna Sarma
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Needle Stick Injuries

Background: The objective of study was to determine prevalence of needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital of Assam and to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices on needle stick injuries among them.Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted from June 2016 to August 2016 amongst health care workers of a tertiary care centre of Assam. Sample size was calculated to be 90. A total of 10 departments were selected purposively based on their magnitude of risk exposure and the required sample size was allocated proportionally among these 10 departments. The required numbers of health workers from each of the ten departments were selected by using simple random sampling. A predesigned and pretested proforma was used to collect the data. Data were presented in terms of percentages and significance was tested using chi-square and Fisher’s exact test.Results: Prevalence of needle stick injury among the health workers was found to be 21.1%. Regarding spread of diseases after an accidental needle stick injury, 100% were aware of HIV, 98.9% were aware of Hepatitis B and 67.8% were aware of Hepatitis C. Regarding their attitude to report to in-charge medical officer, only 21.1% had reported about their injury. Around 58.9% of health care workers used gloves regularly for prevention of such injuries. Practice of recapping among the health care workers was 66.7% and out of total needle stick injuries, recapping contributed to 26.3%. While considering sharp waste disposal, 37.8% health care workers did not follow proper waste disposal guidelines. Only 26.3% of health care workers had done screening for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B after their injury.Conclusions: There is a need to have a pre-employment training to improve the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding accidental needle stick injuries among the health care workers. 

scholarly journals Knowledge and practices of universal safety precautions among interns and first year resident doctors in a tertiary care hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 3363
Author(s):  
Ashish A. Wadekar ◽  
Vijaykumar S. Singh ◽  
Soujannya K. Chowdhury ◽  
Maheshchandra M. Chape
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Poor Response ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Hand Washing ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
First Year ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Needle Stick

Background: Universal safety precautions also known as standard precautions are a set of evidence based clinical work practices published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1996 and updated in 2007; the extension of blood and body-fluid precautions to all patients is referred to as universal precautions. Despite detail guidelines, the knowledge and understanding of universal safety precautions among health-care workers is found inadequate.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study carried out among interns and first year resident doctors in medical college attached to a tertiary care hospital. Around 200 doctors are enrolled in this study.Results: In our study, correct knowledge about hand hygiene found in interns was 84.1% and clinical residents 93.3% and this knowledge was practiced by 83.6%% interns and 84.1% clinical resident. The knowledge about the importance of wearing the gloves was 95.5% among interns and 95.4% among residents and facemask, eye wear was 78.5% among interns and 92% among residents, but in practice 78.5% interns and 71.5% residents were seen to use gloves and apron. Knowledge about needle stick injury was 95.5% among interns and 97.1% among resident doctors. The knowledge of interns was 81.25% for disposal of gloves and 70.5% for disposal of sharps whereas among resident doctors, it was 72.7% for gloves and 70.4% for sharps.Conclusions: In this study, we observed that overall knowledge regarding importance of hand washing, wearing gloves, risk of needle stick injury, disposal of biomedical waste were satisfactory. There was poor response regarding the steps of hand washing and recapping of needles.

scholarly journals The study of prevalence of needle stick and sharp injuries among healthcare workes in tertiary care hospital, Navi Mumbai

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-231
Author(s):  
Debapriya Das Choudhury ◽  
Jyoti P Sonawane ◽  
Abhay Chowdhary
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Occupational Exposures ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Improper Use

Needlestick injuries (NSIs) as defined by accidentally puncture the skin by needles. The occupational exposures to NSIs are considered to be much higher in the developing world and multiple risk factors eg. improper use of protective equipment (like failure to use suitable-sized gloves), working in surgical or intensive care units, insufficient work experience, young age, needle recapping, unsuitable needle disposal, intravenous cannulation may contribute to NSIs. To determine the occurrence/ prevalence of needle stick and sharp injuries (NSIs) among healthcare workers working in a tertiary care hospital and the factors responsible for NSIs. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital among HCws in the hospital over a period of one year Jan 2020-December 2020. Nursing staffs are most frequently reported NSI. Among the groups, most common cause of NSIs was found to be recapping of needle followed by cleaning, HGT and procedure. The most common cause of NSI among housekeeping staffs found to be needle lying on the floor and accidental mixing of sharp biomedical waste with other waste. The HCWs from critical care unit eg. ICUs are the most commonly reported NSIs HCWs are always at high risk of attaining NSIs. The nursing staffs followed are the most vulnerable group who gets the sharp/NSI and require extra attention. As a preventive measures regular training and education of nursing staffs and all other categories of health care workers to be ensured in healthcare settings.

scholarly journals NEEDLE STICK AND SHARPS INJURIES;

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1685-1690
Author(s):  
Muhammad Luqman Farrukh Nagi ◽  
Syed Tehseen Haider Kazmi ◽  
Aziz Anwar Saleem ◽  
Dawar Khan ◽  
Hafiz Haseeb Afsar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Needle Stick Injuries ◽  
Sharps Injury ◽  
Hospital Protocols

Background: This study, therefore aims to assess the frequency and the factorscontributing to the needle stick injuries among health care workers of a tertiary care privatehospital of Lahore. Setting: Shalamar Hospital Lahore, Pakistan a tertiary care private institution.Period: July and August 2015. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A modifiedstructured pre-tested questionnaire containing both open and close-ended questions wasadministered to 160 study participants. The selected candidates were thoroughly briefed aboutthe study and informed consent was obtained. Confidentiality and anonymity of the participantswas maintained. Data entry was done on SPSS version 20 for Microsoft Windows. Results: Theresponse rate was 97%. Among all respondents (n=122), almost 41% (n= 63) were medicaldoctors and 34% (n= 53) were nursing staff. A small proportion of 4% (n= 6) belonged to thedental surgical background as well. Of all the surveyed participants, 45% (n=69) had eversuffered from needle stick/ sharps injury during their medical job and career, whereas, 34%(n=53) had suffered from a needle stick injury during the last year. Nearly 63% (n=47) reportedthat the cause of injury was accidental, 16% (n=25) acknowledged lack of awareness, 7%(n=10) acknowledged improper equipment and 4% (n=6) accused lack of training as the majorcause of needle stick injuries. A hefty 34% (n=53) believed that there existed no protocols in theinstitution regarding needle stick injuries, while another 50% (n=78) stated that they were notaware of the hospital protocols regarding needle stick injuries if there existed any. A disturbing34% (n=53) assume that they should recap the needles after using them. There was a strongstatistical association p<.001 between establishment of hospital protocols regarding needlestick or sharps injury and an event of needle stick injury suffered by the health care workersduring last year. Conclusion: The needle stick injuries can be prevented by the eradication ofhazard causing equipment’s, prevention through engineering measures, administrative controlsand last but not the least personal protective measures.

Practice of Nurses Regarding Prevention from Needle Stick Injuries in Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1389-1391
Author(s):  
Zarnigar . ◽  
R. Elahi ◽  
T. Zia ◽  
T. Sagir ◽  
W. Latif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Check List ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Needle Stick Injuries ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospitals

Needle sticks injury considerably affects nurse’s wellbeing while performing routine patient’s care. Thus, nurses are at risk of exposure to various kinds of infectious diseases. Objectives: To analyze the practice of nurses regarding prevention from needle stick injury in Tertiary Care Hospitals of Lahore. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Methodology: Study setting was tertiary care hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan after ethical review committee’s (ERC) approval. Data was collected from nurses by using tool used in this study was check list for observation of Nurses practice related to sharps and needles. This check list contains fourteen criteria for observation of Nurses’ practice. Whether they were doing; yes or no. sel. convenient sampling technique was used, and sample size was 93. Statistical analysis: SPSS 21 was utilized for the data analysis. Results: It was observed that 03(3%) Nurses were performing Safe Needle Handling Technique in procedure room while 90(97%) Nurses were not performing it. It was observed that 91(98%) Staff Nurses wash hands before and after use of syringes while only 02(2%) Nurses were not performing it. Conclusion: We concluded that nurses have ignorance of the protocols become the reason of such incidents even now. It is the need of time to implement appropriate strategies for precaution and intervention through hospital administration to avoid the needle stick injuries. Key Words: Needle Stick Injury, Re-capping of needles and Knowledge.

Confidence toward vaccination as reported by parents of children admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study

Vacunas ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. AlGoraini ◽  
N.N. AlDujayn ◽  
M.A. AlRasheed ◽  
Y.E. Bashawri ◽  
S.S. Alsubaie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional
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