scholarly journals Reduction in Needle Stick Injury Rate among the Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-62
Author(s):  
Neha Dang ◽  
Suryasnata Das
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Needle Stick

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital on needle stick injury

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 549-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aradhana Bhargava ◽  
Bibhabati Mishra ◽  
Archana Thakur ◽  
Vinita Dogra ◽  
Poonam Loomba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Needle Stick Injury ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Needle Stick

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 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.

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