Background:Healthcare workers, especially operating room personnel, are at increased risk for sharps injury and transmission of blood-borne pathogens as a result of their occupation. Infection with these pathogens occurs mainly by percutaneous or mucocutaneous exposure to blood-borne pathogens. This study evaluated the effectiveness of using invented needle magnet in reducing the risk of sharp injuries in the operating room.Materials and Methods:The needle magnet device is consisted of three parts: a cap, a magnet and a metal container. It was invented by the authors for the first time in Iran. The average weight of this device is 200 g and it can be easily placed near the surgery field or on the myostand. It has magnetic properties that attracts the sharp pointed particles during surgery and preserve them in a protected space. The device was used in surgical field by 33 surgeons during 90 surgical operations. Then, the satisfaction of participants and effectiveness of the device in protection against sharps injury was evaluated by a questionnaire.Results:Thirty-one surgeons (94%) believed that needle magnet reduces dispersion of sharp instruments; 79% of the participants suggested that our device reduces sharps injury during operation; 29 surgeons (88%) intended to use this device during operation. Thus, the use of needle magnet within surgical field may reduce the chances of sharps injury during surgery.Conclusion:The use of needle magnet within surgical field reduces the chance of sharp injury during surgery and the surgeons were satisfied with its use.
Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death. learning of basic life support (BLS) skills is necessary for rapid management of cardiac arrest. Objectives: The current study was conducted to compare the effect of BLS training package and lecture-based training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge and skill of high school teachers. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design, 120 eligible school teachers (60 persons in each group) employed in high schools were selected through convenience sampling and were randomly allocated to two groups of lecture and BLS training package. The instruments were a demographic information form, a knowledge questionnaire, and a skill assessment checklist. The same educational content was presented to both groups designed based on the latest revised standard guidelines of American heart association (2010) and relevant books. In the lecture group, theoretical and practical education was performed. The package content included video and educational pamphlets. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, independent sample t-test, and repeated measures ANOVA in SPSS19. Significance level of 0.05 was considered. Results: Independent t-test showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups in pretest and posttest scores of knowledge, but there was a significant difference in recall score (P = 0.047). Results of t-test showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of pretest, posttest, and recall scores of skill, while the mean score was higher in the
Objective. To determine the effect of education on the incidence rate of occupational exposure resulted from sharp bodies and mucocutaneous contamination with blood and body fluids of patients among nursing personnel of Valiasr Hospital- Fassa, 2008.
Methodology. Interventional study. Samples consisted of 120 nurses (60 as study group and 60 as control group) selected by systemic randomized allocation. The study group was trained in occupational exposure for a period of ten hours. The data collecting tool was an occupational exposure questionnaire that was completed for both groups, before and two months after education. A knowledge test was also applied to both groups before and after education. Data analysis was done by descriptive statistics, frequency, mean and standard deviation, inferential statistics, x², T-test and paired t, and a level of significance p<0.05 was statistically accepted.
Results. Results of the research, indicated an increase of the knowledge level and a reduction of the incidence rate of occupational exposure among the study group in such a way that, the knowledge mean score of this group went from 8.1 before education to 14.1 after education (p<0.05). The incidence rate of occupational exposure resulting from sharp bodies and mucocutaneous contamination with blood and body fluids of patients was also reduced after education in the case group (p<0.05).
Conclusion. The results of the study indicated improvement of knowledge and practice level in the the case group, concerning occupational exposure due to sharp bodies and mucocutaneous contamination with blood and body fluids of patients after the training intervention. In addition, continuous education in this respect is necessary because its effect lowers with time-lapse.
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