Frequency and barriers of underreported needlestick injuries amongst Iranian nurses, a questionnaire survey

Abstract

Determining the prevalence, burden and reasons for underreporting needlestick injuries by clinical nurses are required for establishing a preventive strategy to decrease hospital infections.

Occupational Exposure to Blood and Other Body Fluids Among Healthcare Workers in Three Teaching Hospitals, Southeast Iran

“…Underreporting is prevalent among all HCWs, but it is more prevalent among hospital waste disposal staff (19). The major reasons for not reporting NSIs include dissatisfaction with the administrative response to reports (12), the estimation that the transmission risk is low (24), a perceived lack of time (24), personal fears, and hospital quality management (25). Factors contributing to the underreporting of NSIs need to be addressed through strong quality management processes and positive responses to reports of BBF exposure occurrences (25).…”

“…The results of studies on the prevalence of occupational exposure to blood and other body fluids among healthcare workers in Iran have shown that more than half of HCWs have experienced some type of exposure during their professional lives (8,12,13). In general, more than 0.5 exposures per person-year have been reported among HCWs working in university hospitals (12,14), and the proportion of HCWs suffering from NSIs during the previous year ranged between 20% and 40% (13,15).…”

“…However, it has been well documented that underreporting is a common public health problem related to the surveillance of sharp injuries and splashes to mucus membranes among hospital staff, and only one third of NSIs are officially reported by HCWs (12,15). The major reasons for underreporting NSIs include dissatisfaction with consequent follow-up investigations by hospital officials after reporting the exposures and the fact that HCWs consider source patients as low risk (12).…”

Occupational Exposure to Blood Among Hospital Workers in Montenegro

“…Similarly, a cross-sectional study in Iranian nurses showed that only 36.8 % of those who experienced a needle-stick injury reported the incident through regular proceedings. The primary reasons for not reporting were dissatisfaction with follow-up investigations (33.3 %) and low-risk considerations concerning source patients (29.2 %) (15).…”

Subnotificação de acidentes com material biológico pelos profissionais de enfermagem de um hospital-escola do interior paulista

“…O conhecimento, em si, não assegura a adoção de comportamentos seguros assim torna-se necessário avaliar que tipo de conhecimento esses treinamentos têm gerado (GERSHON et al, 1995 MACHADO, 2011;SENCAN et al, 2004;SILVA et al, 2010;TARANTOLA et al, 2003 MARZIALE, 2008;SILVA et al, 2010;TIPPLE et al, 2004 DELPISHEH, 2010;ELMIYEH et al, 2004;KESSLER et al, 2011;PROCHNOW et al, 2011;QUINN et al, 2009 Como segundo fator mais citado para a subnotificação, este estudo evidenciou a burocracia. Revisão integrativa da literatura encontrou a burocracia como o motivo mais citado entre os artigos revisados (PROCHNOW et al, 2011).…”