Needlestick injuries and other occupational exposures to body fluids amongst employees and medical students of a German university: incidence and follow-up

Schmid, Klaus; Schwager, C.; Drexler, Hans

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2006.10.002

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“…Indeed, needlestick and similar injuries at medical 4,8,9) and dental educational institutions have been discussed in Japan [1][2][3]12) and other countries 5,6,10,11) , including England, Germany, and Australia.…”

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Analysis of Needlestick and Similar Injuries over 10 Years from April 2004 at Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital

Morinaga

Hagita

Yakushiji

et al. 2016

Bull. Tokyo Dent. Coll.

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Here we investigated needlestick and similar injuries reported over a 10-year period between April 2004 and March 2014. The purpose of this study was to prevent recurrence and reduce the incidence of such injuries at Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital. The Division of Medical Risk Management at Chiba Hospital anonymized the data to protect personal information prior to analysis. A total of 213 injuries occurred over the 10-year period investigated, but the number of cases decreased yearly. Many cases involved dental undergraduate students and dentists, followed by trainee dentists, students at the school of dental hygiene, nurses, dental hygienists, and cleaners. Suture needles, followed by injection needles, were the top two most common injury-causing instruments, contributing to approximately 50% of the total number of such cases. Many injection needle injuries occurred during tidying up, while those caused by suture needles occurred during dental treatment. Taken together, these findings suggest the importance of strict adherence to guidelines provided in safety manuals on error-free procedures and handling of instruments. Improvement in the ability to sense potential risk is essential if such injuries are to be avoided.

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confidence: 99%

Analysis of Needlestick and Similar Injuries over 10 Years from April 2004 at Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital

Morinaga

Hagita

Yakushiji

et al. 2016

Bull. Tokyo Dent. Coll.

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“…Occupation exposure for medical staff is in the period of high incidence. Studies said that the occupation exposure rate in the domestic medical staff is from 62.8 percent to 98.0 percent, whereas that of abroad is from 22.5 percent to 73.0 percent [1,2] . One expert surveying 1,075 nurses found that about 80.6 percent nurses had needle-stick injuries, and 54.8 percent needles had been polluted by patients' blood [3] .…”

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Design and application of occupation exposure declaration and monitoring information system for medical staff

Zhang¹,

Dai²,

Ren³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Materials Science, Machinery and Energy Engineering (MSMEE 2017)

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Abstract:Objective: To register, classify, evaluate and monitor occupational exposure of the medical staff timely and accurately, improve the efficiency of the occupational exposure declaration and monitoring, so as to minimize the incidence and injury of occupational exposure and guarantee the safety and occupational health of the medical staff, this study attempts to develop and design an occupational exposure declaration and monitoring system software for medical staff with multiple functions and convenient for users, which will be the beneficial supplement of Hospital Information system (HIS). Methods: Through investigation and documents research, we try to comprehend the procedure of occupational exposure declaration and monitoring, determine the system function demand, and construct a three-layer structure system based on B/S structure model. The whole system is divided into interface layer, function layer and data layer. The overall design technology includes the code of c # programming language, the software platform of Visual Studio 2008, the development tools of ASP.NET script technology and the database services of SQL Server relational database management system. Results: This system has 6 function modules, including the declaration module, the query and statistical module, the maintaining module, the evaluation and monitoring module, etc. The declaration module of the system can be used effectively in registration, report of occupational exposure accidents and also provide query and statistical functions. The evaluation and monitoring module can assess the severity level of the exposure automatically according to the further inspection, then provide preventive treatments or measures based on the evaluation results, as well as monitor automatically whether the patient has the symptoms of blood-borne acute infectious diseases. At the same time, this module cane effectively monitors the serological results of the infectious diseases in different periods after exposure, and provides timely and reliable data for further intervention and treatment. Conclusion: The occupation exposure declaration and monitoring information system for medical staff can realize the input and declaration of basic occupational exposure information, the function of data query, statistics and export with stable and reliable operation. The function of evaluation and monitoring can provide convenient and quick intervention and treatment counter measures after exposure, which provides another important technological platform for minimizing the harm and risk of the occupation exposure.

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“…Embora não tenha sido indicado pelos profissionais da presente investigação, estudos têm apontado que outra justificativa comum é estar muito ocupado no momento do acidente ou, ainda, alegar impedimentos para deixar o posto de trabalho para realizar a notificação (AU; GOSSAGE; BAILEY, 2008;AYRANCI;KOSGEROGLU, 2004;BOAL et al, 2008;GERSHON et al, 2007b;GERSHON et al 2009;KENNEDY et al 2009;SCHMID;SCHWAGER;DREXLER, 2007;SHIAO et al, 2009;SMITH et al, 2009;SOHN;EAGAN;SEPKOWITZ, 2004;WICKER et al, 2008b).…”

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“…Além disso, a insatisfação com a burocracia para preenchimento de formulários, o longo tempo dispendido, bem como considerar o processo de notificação incômodo e complicado atuam como desmotivadores para a realização da notificação (AU; GOSSAGE; BAILEY, 2008;GERSHON et al 2009;KENNEDY et al 2009;OSBORNE, 2003;SCHMID;SCHWAGER;DREXLER, 2007;SHIAO et al, 2009;TABAK;SHIAABANA;SHASHA, 2006;WICKER et al, 2008b).…”

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“…Sofrer um acidente com material biológico também pode ser interpretado pelo profissional como falta de habilidade ou negligência, de modo que muitos deixem de fazer a notificação para evitar constrangimentos e não ser acusado de não ter tomado as precauções básicas (AYRANCI; KOSGEROGLU, 2004;OSBORNE, 2003;SCHMID;SCHWAGER;DREXLER, 2007;SMITH et al, 2009;TABAK;SHIAABANA;SHASHA, 2006). Na presente investigação, os motivos identificados foram semelhantes aos descritos na literatura, e nota-se que foi freqüente a subnotificação de acidentes percutâneos e que envolveram sangue, ou seja, acidentes considerados de alto risco para a transmissão de patógenos (CARDO et al, 1997;IPPOLITO et al, 1999 Os motivos mais frequentemente alegados pelos profissionais de enfermagem que não notificaram seus acidentes ao SESMT foi considerar que "não era necessário", "falta de conhecimento sobre o procedimento para a notificação", "excesso de burocracia", "orientação de outro profissional" e "medo de comunicar a chefia";…”

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Needlestick injuries and other occupational exposures to body fluids amongst employees and medical students of a German university: incidence and follow-up

Cited by 90 publications

References 13 publications

Analysis of Needlestick and Similar Injuries over 10 Years from April 2004 at Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital

Analysis of Needlestick and Similar Injuries over 10 Years from April 2004 at Tokyo Dental College Chiba Hospital

Design and application of occupation exposure declaration and monitoring information system for medical staff

Prevalência de subnotificação de acidentes com material biológico pela equipe de enfermagem de um hospital de urgência

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