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

Bhargava, Aradhana; Mishra, Bibhabati; Thakur, Archana; Dogra, Vinita; Loomba, Poonam; Gupta, Sonal

doi:10.1108/ijhcqa-04-2012-0035

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“…In relation to chemical & biological hazards, this study clarified that, the most hazards facing nurses in their workplace were needle stick injury followed by MARS infection. This was in an agreement with Almurr, (2013); Bhargava et al (2013) and Eljedi (2015), who revealed in a similar study that, the prevalence of sharp injuries were high. Concerning to nurses' social & emotional hazards exposure, more than one third of nurses suffered from sadness & easy excitability as in (Figure 2).…”

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Occupational Hazards and Safety Nursing Guidelines for Pediatric Nurses in the Health Care Setting

2019

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Safety in the workplace was the major concern in a variety of occupations and workplace settings. In nursing, the main concern of research was concerned on patient safety; there was limited researches focused on nurses' safety in work setting. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of implementing occupational hazards and safety nursing guidelines for pediatric nurses in the health care setting. A quasiexperimental research design using one group (pre-test & post-test measures) was used. A convenience sample of 173 pediatric nurses affiliated to Mansoura University children's Hospital (MUCH), Mansoura University, Egypt; and accepted to participate in the study was included. The study illustrated that, 77.9% of nurses suffered from fatigue, 69.5% of nurses had back pain. In addition, significant number of nurses are exposed to MRSA infection (61.7%) and 67.4% are exposed to needle stick injury. Before implementing the nursing guidelines, approximately half of nurses had low level knowledge (46.8%) compared to 15% after implementation of nursing guidelines & the difference was statistically significant. The study concluded that, the hazards associated with nursing profession were higher and critical. In addition, there was an improvement of nurse's knowledge and practice about safety with the implementation of educational guidelines. Therefore, the researchers' recommended developing standard of health care safety clarifying the role of health care institution in dealing with and overcoming the occupational hazards in the health care setting in order to improve nurses' safety and commitment to the health care environment.

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Occupational Hazards and Safety Nursing Guidelines for Pediatric Nurses in the Health Care Setting

2019

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“…In the event of a needle-stick injury, gloves act as a barrier or protection to minimize the amount of blood that might be transmitted during the needlestick injury [39,40]. Given the fact that a substantial proportion of healthcare staff directly involved with blood collection has at some time point been exposed to a needle-stick injury during their working time, wearing gloves sounds like a reasonable infection prevention measure [41,42]. The evidence also shows that the use of sterile gloves during blood collection for blood culture reduces the risk of contamination of the sample [43,44].…”

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Joint EFLM-COLABIOCLI recommendation for venous blood sampling

Šimundić

Bölenius²,

Cadamuro³

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Annales De Biologie Clinique

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Introduction Scope of the guidance Disclaimer Methodology I. Pre-sampling General considerations on appropriate mode of communication with the patient Patient position Step 1. Patient identification (1C) Step 2. Verify patient is fasting and properly prepared (1B) Step 3. Obtain supplies required for venous blood collection (2C) Step 4. Labeling and/or identifying tubes (1C) II. Sampling Step 5. Put on gloves (1C) Step 6. Apply tourniquet (1A) Step 7. Select venepuncture site (1B) Step 8. Clean sampling site (1B) Step 9. Puncture the vein (1A) Step 10. Drawing blood into the first tube (1A) Step 11. Release the tourniquet (1A) Step 12. Gently invert the tubes once immediately after collection (1B) Step 13. Draw additional tubes following the recommended order of draw (1B) Step 14. Remove the needle from the vein and ensure the safety mechanism is activated (1A) Step 15. Dispose of the needle (1A) Step 16. Bandage the puncture site (1C) Step 17. Tell the patient to apply gentle pressure and do not bend the arm (1C) Step 18. Invert all tubes at least 4 more times (1B) Step 19. Remove gloves (1A) III. Post sampling Step 20. Advise the patient to rest for 5 min (1B) IV. Implementation of the guidelines Potential barriers and challenges Framework for a successful implementation of this recommendation Conclusions References

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“…Several studies done to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of doctors and other healthcare workers on specific occupational hazards like needle stick injuries and blood borne diseases have reported varying degrees of knowledge among different class of healthcare workers. 3,4,5 However, there is a paucity of literature on the effect of training on the knowledge and practices related to occupational health and safety. Our study showed that the workshop successfully increased the knowledge among the resident doctors regarding the importance of principles of ergonomics and measures to reduce and prevent occupational hazards.…”

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Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare Settings – Effect of Training on the Knowledge of Resident Doctors

Kishore

Banerjee

Mittal

2018

IJoHEMI

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Background: Over the past years several diseases and disorders associated with different kinds of occupations have been identified, including healthcare. It is important for medical personnel especially resident doctors to have adequate knowledge of occupational health and safety and prevention of occupational hazards. Objective: To assess the knowledge among resident doctors regarding occupational health and safety in healthcare settings, and the effect of training on the same. Methodology: A before and after intervention study without control was done among a group of resident doctors of a medical college in Delhi. Training on occupational health and safety was given to the study participants in the form of a two-day workshop. Pre-and post-test questionnaires filled by the participants were scored and the mean scores were compared and tested for statistically significant difference using Mann Whitney U test. Results: The study was done on 17 postgraduate resident doctors. The mean post test score was higher than the mean pre-test score and the difference was statistically significant at p<0.05. Conclusion: Training of doctors and other health personnel on occupational health and safety and prevention and control of occupational hazards can prove to be effective in improving their knowledge regarding the same.

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

Abstract: This study analyses healthcare workers' NSI knowledge, attitude and practices, and also assesses their correlation with NSI incidence, which has not been done previously.

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Occupational Hazards and Safety Nursing Guidelines for Pediatric Nurses in the Health Care Setting

Occupational Hazards and Safety Nursing Guidelines for Pediatric Nurses in the Health Care Setting

Joint EFLM-COLABIOCLI recommendation for venous blood sampling

Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare Settings – Effect of Training on the Knowledge of Resident Doctors

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