Current Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Medical Students Regarding the Risk of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Control Measures at Qassim University

Wutayd, Osama Al; AlRehaili, Abdullah; AlSafrani, Khaled AlSafrani; Abalkhail, Abdulrahman; Al-Eidi, Sulaiman

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2019.118

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“…This could have been due to training gaps, the need to properly orient or "on board" employees and inexperience of new staff. 5,8,9,11 Studies have noted that sharp injuries are high in nursing personnel, as found in this study. 8,9 In fact, Chadee et al in 1999 noted that most injuries occurred in nurses in Trinidad and Tobago.…”

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“…Both studies looked at sharp injuries but Alay et al also looked at blood and body fluid exposure, similar to the secondary objective in our study. 8,9 The younger age group seen in this study could be due to lack of experience. The higher predominance of females, in this study could also have been due to the fact that females represent a larger part of the workforce, particularly in wards maids and nurses.…”

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The Epidemiology of Sharp Injuries in Healthcare Workers at a Trinidadian Community Hospital

Nagassar

2021

Caribb Med J

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OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of sharp injuries, in healthcare workers, at the Sangre Grande Hospital (SGH) in Trinidad. A secondary analysis of non-sharp injuries was also done. Sharp injuries predispose staff to blood borne infections and thus are occupational infection prevention and control matters. Sharp injuries were observed to be a problem at the SGH. This study served to gather data for informed decision making. METHODOLOGY A retrospective descriptive study was done by reviewing all IPC reporting forms from reported healthcare worker injuries at the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Department for the period 2007-2017. All persons recorded as having being injured by sharps and secondarily, non-sharp occupational exposures, at the IPC department were included. We looked at employee case management including testing for blood borne Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and C virus (HCV), management and treatment. Simple descriptive statistics were used to present the findings. RESULTS All 148 notes were reviewed after which entries having greater than 10 missing data points or fields were excluded from the study analysis, leaving 138 notes. Age ranges were between 20 – 62 years with the mean age of the affected population being 33 years. A total of 104 (75.4%) females were injured compared to 32 (23.2%) males. Persons injured were mainly from the wards (n=81, 58.5%): internal medicine (n=46, 33.3%) and general surgery (n=22, 15.9%). Accident & Emergency (A&E) accounted for 10.1% (n=14) of the cases. Registered nurses (n=37, 26.8%), physicians (n=22, 15.9%) and students (n=20, 14.5%) were the main categories of staff affected. The highest number of events occurred between 10:00-11:00 in the morning [am] (n=29, 20.6%). The majority of these incidents (n=123, 89.1%) were first reported to SGH A&E. Most injuries occurred while disposing of needles (n=17, 12.3%). It was noted that 73 (52.9%) of the documented cases occurred on fingers. HIV, HAV & HBV tests were done in 136 (98.6%) of the 138 staff members recorded. In 120 (87%) events the source patient was tested. A total of 114 (84.4%) persons had been vaccinated for HBV; 77 (58.8%) persons had post exposure prophylaxis (HIV) for one month. One (1.3%) person reported seroconversion after six months to positive HIV status. CONCLUSION Sharp injuries in employees were common in internal medicine and general surgery wards. These injuries were common in the late morning, on the fingers. Only one exposed employee seroconverted over the entire period.

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The Epidemiology of Sharp Injuries in Healthcare Workers at a Trinidadian Community Hospital

Nagassar

2021

Caribb Med J

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“…A similar result was observed in a study done in a Syrian private university and in a study done in Qassim University, in which students had poor knowledge about HBV but believed that medical students had a higher risk of infection contraction. [ 11 16 ] It also revealed that male students had a higher level of knowledge about HBV transmission when compared to female students. These findings are not in line with a study conducted at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in which females had a higher level of knowledge than males.…”

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“…[ 10 ] While Locally, one cross-sectional study done at Unaizah College of Medicine, Qassim, found that only 21% of 321 students had good knowledge about HBV infection and prevention and only 41.4% of the students were vaccinated against HBV. [ 11 ] Another local study was done at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh. The study revealed that 46.5% of 444 students had a high level of knowledge about HBV and vaccination.…”

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Knowledge, awareness, and vaccination compliance of hepatitis B among medical students in Riyadh's governmental universities

Altamimi

Alqahtani

Ahmed

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Background: Hepatitis B is a blood-borne infectious liver disease caused by the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and it is best prevented by immunization. Due to occupational exposure, medical students have an increased risk of contracting HBV. Therefore, it is essential for all medical students to have good knowledge about HBV and to complete their HBV vaccinations. Aims: The aim of this study was to assess and compare HBV knowledge, awareness, and vaccination compliance among pre-clinical medical students in four universities. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2018 at the College of Medicine of four governmental universities: King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Saud University, Princess Noura university, and Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods and Materials: Two-hundred-sixty-three pre-clinical medical students completed a questionnaire with sections about demographics, HBV awareness, knowledge, and vaccination compliance. Statistical analysis used: The data was transferred to Excel and SPSS version 22 was used for statistical analysis. A significance level of P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The overall knowledge about HBV and vaccination compliance were poor. KSU students had the highest vaccination compliance ( n = 52, 54.2%) and KSAU-HS the lowest ( n = 19, 23,8%). The most-cited reasons for noncompliance were “forgetting about the vaccine” and “busy schedule“. Conclusion: Overall, most of the participants had poor HBV knowledge and vaccine compliance. Therefore, we recommend the implementation of pre-clinical vaccine checking and the addition of an infectious disease awareness and prevention program.

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“…O segundo estudo realizado com 321 estudantes do curso de medicina avaliou o conhecimento dos estudos sobre a contaminação pelo vírus da hepatite B. A maioria dos estudantes tinha pouco conhecimento, atitudes e prática em relação ao risco de infecção pelo vírus da hepatite B e arecomendação dos autores foia implementação de uma política de treinamento em prevenção de infecções Development, v. 9, n. 8, e207985254, 2020 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v9i8.5254 para todos os estudantes de medicina antes de iniciar a prática clínica (Al Wutayd et al, 2019). No Brasil, as diretrizes curriculares dos cursos de graduação da área da saúde preveem a transversalidade na abordagem nas medidas de controle de infecção durante todo o processo formativo.…”

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Ensino do controle de infecção: um estudo experimental na graduação em Enfermagem

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Pereira

Hang

2020

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The objective was to analyze the impact of the theoretical and practical approach on the level of knowledge about infection control of students in the nursing course at a federal university in northern Brazil. A teaching intervention was carried out with a theoretical (40 hours) and practical (40 hours) component through a Situational Strategic Planning in the experimental group. Students who had a theoretical and practical approach had a higher level of knowledge about infection control and felt better prepared to work in the area when compared to students who had only the theoretical content or did not have formal discipline in the curriculum. The importance of inserting infection control content in health care courses is emphasized through a formal approach that will provide students with meaningful learning on a topic relevant to any area of professional practice.

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Current Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice of Medical Students Regarding the Risk of Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Control Measures at Qassim University

Cited by 8 publications

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The Epidemiology of Sharp Injuries in Healthcare Workers at a Trinidadian Community Hospital

The Epidemiology of Sharp Injuries in Healthcare Workers at a Trinidadian Community Hospital

Knowledge, awareness, and vaccination compliance of hepatitis B among medical students in Riyadh's governmental universities

Ensino do controle de infecção: um estudo experimental na graduação em Enfermagem

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