24Feb 2020

KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF NEEDLESTICK INJURIES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE IN KOLKATA

  • Institute of Emergency Medicine Peerless Hospital and B.K. Roy Research Centre Kolkata.
Crossref Cited-by Linking logo

  • References
  • Cite This Article as
  • Corresponding Author
  1. Ebrahimi h, khosravi a. Needlestick injuries among nurses. J res health sci. 2007;7(2):56?62.
  2. Joseph nm, elan s, vadivu s, kanungo r. Needlestick injuries among healthcare workers of a tertiary care hospital in south india. Infect control hosp epidemiol. 2014;35(1):103?5. Doi: 10.1086/674402.
  3. Wilburn s. Health and safety: preventing needlestick injuries. The American journal of nursing. 1999;99(1):71. Doi: 10.2307/3472041.
  4. Ramos-gomez f, ellison j, greenspan d, bird w, lowe s, gerberding jl. Accidental exposures to blood and body fluids among health care workers in dental teaching clinics: a prospective study. J am dent assoc. 1997;128(9):1253?61.
  5. Clarke sp, sloane dm, aiken lh. Effects of hospital staffing and organizational climate on needlestick injuries to nurses. Am j public health. 2002;92(7):1115?9.
  6. Nsubuga fm, jaakkola ms. Needle stick injuries among nurses in sub-saharan africa. Trop med int health. 2005;10(8):773?81.
  7. Azap a, ergonul o, memikoglu ko, yesilkaya a, altunsoy a, bozkurt gy, et al. Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in ankara, turkey. Am j infect control. 2005;33(1):48?52.
  8. Bi p, tully pj, pearce s, hiller je. Occupational blood and body fluid exposure in an australian teaching hospital. Epidemiol infect. 2006;134(3):465?71.
  9. Ismail na, aboul ftouh am, el-shoubary wh, mahaba h. Safe injection practice among health-care workers in gharbiya governorate, egypt. East mediterr health j. 2007;13(4):893?906.
  10. Wicker s, jung j, allwinn r, gottschalk r, rabenau hf. Prevalence and prevention of needlestick injuries among health care workers in a german university hospital. Int arch occup environ health. 2008;81(3):347?54.
  11. Zafar a, aslam n, nasir n, meraj r, mehraj v. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care workers regarding needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital in pakistan. J pak med assoc. 2008;58(2):57?60.
  12. Adib-hajbaghery m, lotfi ms. Behavior of healthcare workers after injuries from sharp instruments. Trauma mon. 2013;18(2):75?80. Doi: 10.5812/traumamon.12779.
  13. Askarian m, malekmakan l. The prevalence of needle stick injuries in medical, dental, nursing and midwifery students at the university teaching hospitals of shiraz, iran. Indian j med sci. 2006;60(6):227?32.
  14. Babamahmoodi f. Study of hepatitis b and c in razi and hazrat fatemeh zahra hospital staff of Mazandaran University of medical sciences in 1375. Journal of mazandaran university of medical sciences. 2000;9(25):25?30.
  15. Mobasherizadeh s, ebneshahidi sa, mohammadi na, abazari f. Intervention study of needle stick injury in iran. Saudi med j. 2005;26(8):1225?7.
  16. Azadi a, anoosheh m, delpisheh a. Frequency and barriers of underreported needlestick injuries amongst iranian nurses, a questionnaire survey. J clin nurs. 2011;20(3-4):488?93.
  17. Pomfret j. Back injuries. American journal of nursing. 1999;99(7):24.
  18. World health organization. Who world health report 2002: protecting health-care workers ? preventing needlestick injuries. Geneva: who; 2002.
  19. Centres for disease control and prevention. Preventing needlestick injuries in healthcare settings. [last accessed on 2015 feb 20]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2000-108/pdf .
  20. Muralidhar s, singh pk, jain rk, malhotra m, bala m. Needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital of india. Indian j med res. 2010;131:405?10.
  21. Mbaisi em, ng'ang'a z, wanzala p, omolo j. Prevalence and factors associated with percutaneous injuries and splash exposures among health-care workers in a provincial hospital, kenya, 2010. Pan afr med j. 2013;14:10.
  22. Erhabor o, ejele oa, nwauche ca. Epidemiology and management of occupational exposure to blood borne viral infections in a resource poor setting: the case for availability of post exposure prophylaxis. Niger j clin pract. 2007;10:100?4.
  23. Ibekwe ru, adam vy. Injection safety practices among resident doctors in a tertiary health facility in benin city. Niger j clin pract. 2014;17:403?6.
  24. Omorogbe ve, omuemu vo, isara ar. Injection safety practices among nursing staff of mission hospitals in benin city, nigeria. Ann afr med. 2012;11:36?41.
  25. Isara ar, ofili an. Prevalence of occupational accidents/injuries among health care workers in a federal medical centre in southern nigeria. West afr j med. 2012;31:47?51.
  26. Bolarinwa oa, asowande a, akintimi ci. Needle stick injury pattern among health workers in primary health care facilities in ilorin, nigeria. Acad res int. 2011;1:419?27.
  27. Efetie er, salami ha. Prevalence of, and attitude towards, needle-stick injuries by nigerian gynaecological surgeons. Niger j clin pract. 2009;12:34?6.
  28. Adegboye aa, moss gb, soyinka f, kreiss jk. The epidemiology of needlestick and sharp instrument accidents in a nigerian hospital. Infect control hosp epidemiol. 1994;15:27?31.
  29. Norsayani my, noor hassim i. Study on incidence of needle stick injury and factors associated with this problem among medical students. J occup health. 2003;45:172?8.
  30. Spruce l. Back to basics: sharps safety. Aorn j. 2016;104:30?6.
  31. Lee jm, botteman mf, xanthakos n, nicklasson l. Needlestick injuries in the united states. Epidemiologic, economic, and quality of life issues. Aaohn j. 2005;53:117?33.
  32. Goel v, kumar d, lingaiah r, singh s. Occurrence of needlestick and injuries among health-care workers of a tertiary care teaching hospital in north india. J lab physicians. 2017;9:20?5.
  33. Au e, gossage ja, bailey sr. The reporting of needle stick injuries sustained in theatre by surgeons: are we under-reporting? J hosp infect. 2008;70:66?70.
  34. Elder a, paterson c. Sharps injuries in uk health care: a review of injury rates, viral transmission and potential efficacy of safety devices. Occup med (lond) 2006;56:566?74.
  35. Wilburn sq. Needlestick and sharps injury prevention. Online j issues nurs. 2004;9:5.
  36. Cheng hc, su cy, yen am, huang cf. Factors affecting occupational exposure to needle stick and sharps injuries among dentists in taiwan: a nationwide survey. Plos one. 2012;7:e34911.
  37. Centers for disease control and prevention: niosh publications and products. Preventing needle stick injuries in health care settings (2000-108) [last accessed on 2018 jun 18]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2000-108/
  38. Kermode m, muani v. Injection practices in the formal and informal healthcare sectors in rural north india. In j med res. 2006;124:513?20.
  39. Sharma r, rasania sk, verma a, singh s. Study of prevalence and response to needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in delhi, india. Indian j community med. 2010;35:74?7.
  40. Malhotra s, sharma s, bhatia nj, hans c. Needlestick injury among health care workers and its response in a tertiary care hospital. In j med microbiol. 2016;34:258?9.
  41. "the national surveillance system for healthcare workers (nash) summary report for blood and body fluid exposure (1995?2007)" (pdf). Cdc. 2011.
  42. Tarigan, lukman h.; cifuentes, manuel; quinn, margaret; kriebel, david (1 july 2015). "prevention of needle-stick injuries in healthcare facilities: a meta-analysis". Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 36 (7): 823?29. Doi:10.
  43. Leigh, jp; markis, ca; iosif, a; romano, ps (2015). "california's nurse-to-patient ratio law and occupational injury". International arcHIVes of occupational and environmental health. 88 (4): 477?84. Doi:10.
  44. Alamgir, h; yu, s (2008). "epidemiology of occupational injury among cleaners in the healthcare sector". Occupational medicine. 58 (6): 393?99. Doi:10.
  45. Wicker, s; ludwig, a; gottschalk, r; rabenau, hf (2008). "needlestick injuries among health care workers: occupational hazard or avoidable hazard?". Wiener klinische wochenschrift. 120 (15?16): 486?92.
  46. Phillips, ek; conaway, m; parker, g; perry, j; jagger, j (2013). "issues in understanding the impact of the needlestick safety and prevention act on hospital sharps injuries". Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 34 (9): 935?39.
  47. Bassett iv, freedberg ka, walensky rp. Two drugs or three? Balancing efficacy, toxicity, and resistance in postexposure prophylaxis for occupational exposure to HIV. Clin infect dis. 2004 aug 1. 39(3):395-401.
  48. Recommendations for follow-up of health-care workers after occupational exposure to hepatitis c virus. Mmwr morb mortal wkly rep. 1997 jul 4. 46(26):603-6.
  49. Merchant rc, keshavarz r. HIV postexposure prophylaxis practices by us ed practitioners. Am j emerg med. Jul 2003. 21(4):309-12.
  50. Henderson dk. Management of needlestick injuries: a house officer who has a needlestick. Jama. 2012 jan 4. 307(1):75-84.
  51. Cardo dm, culver dh, ciesielski ca, et al. A case-control study of HIV seroconversion in health care workers after percutaneous exposure. Centers for disease control and prevention needlestick surveillance group. N engl j med. 1997 nov 20. 337(21):1485-90.
  52. Public health service guidelines for the management of health-care worker exposures to HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis. Centers for disease control and prevention. Mmwr recomm rep. 1998 may 15. 47(rr-7):1-33.
  53. Kuhar dt, henderson dk, struble ka, heneine w, thomas v, cheever lw, et al. Updated us public health service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to human immunodeficiency virus and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis. Infect control hosp epidemiol. 2013 sep. 34 (9):875-92.
  54. Sidwell ru, green js, novelli v. Management of occupational exposure to HIV--what actually happens. Commun dis public health. 1999 dec. 2(4):287-90.
  55. United states department of labor. Bloodborne pathogens and needlestick prevention. Occupational safety and health administration. Available at https://www.osha.gov/sltc/bloodbornepathogens/recognition.html. Accessed: september 5, 2015.
  56. Recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infections with hepatitis b virus, hepatitis c virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings or similar mass-casualty events - united states, 2008. Mmwr. August 2008. 57(rr-6):1-19.
  57. Marrazzo jm, del rio c, holtgrave dr, cohen ms, kalichman sc, mayer kh, et al. HIV prevention in clinical care settings: 2014 recommendations of the international antiviral society-usa panel. Jama. 2014 jul 23-30. 312 (4):390-409.
  58. New york state department of health aids institute. HIV prophylaxis following occupational exposure - what's new october 2014. New york state department of health aids institute. Available at http://www.HIVguidelines.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/HIV-prophylaxis-following-occupational-exposure_3-28-16.pdf. October 2014.
  59. Wald, j (2009). "the psychological consequences of occupational blood and body fluid exposure injuries". Disability & rehabilitation. 31 (23): 1963?69.
  60. Laramie, ak; davis, lk; miner, c; pun, vc; laing, j; demaria, a (march 2012). "sharps injuries among hospital workers in massachusetts, 2010: findings from the massachusetts sharps injury surveillance system" (pdf). Massachusetts department of public health.
  61. Parantainen, annika; verbeek, jos h.; lavoie, marie-claude; pahwa, manisha (1 january 2011). "blunt versus sharp suture needles for preventing percutaneous exposure incidents in surgical staff". The cochrane database of systematic reviews (11): cd009170.
  62. "recommendations for prevention and control of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection and hcv-related chronic disease". Mmwr. Cdc. 47 (rr-19): 1?39. 1998. Pmid 9790221.
  63. Kuhar, dt; henderson, dk; struble, ka; heneine, w; thomas, v; cheever, lw; gomaa, a; panlilio, al; us public health service working, group (september 2013). "updated us public health service guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to human immunodeficiency virus and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis". Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 34 (9): 875?92.
  64. Lavoie, m; verbeek, jh; pahwa, m (2014). "devices for preventing percutaneous exposure injuries caused by needles in healthcare personnel". The cochrane database of systematic reviews. 3 (3. Art. No.: cd009740): cd009740.
  65. Mast ee, weinbaum cm, fiore ae, alter mj, bell bp, finelli l, rodewald le, douglas jm, janssen rs, ward jw (2006). "a compreheNSI ve immunization strategy to eliminate transmission of hepatitis b virus infection in the united states: recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices (acip). Part ii: immunization of adults". Mmwr. Cdc. 55 (rr-16): 1?33, quiz ce1?4.
  66. "Needlestick and sharp-object injury reports". Epinet multihospital sharps injury surveillance network. International healthcare worker safety center.\
  67. Clinical guidelines: antiretroviral drugs for HIV prevention. World health organization. Available at http://www.who.int/HIV/pub/arv/chapter3.pdf?ua=1. Accessed: august 16, 2018.
  68. Information for healthcare personnel potentially exposed to hepatitis c virus (hvc). Center for disease control. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/pdfs/testing-followup-exposed-hc-personnel.pdf. Accessed: august 22, 2018.
  69. Isara ar, oguzie ke, okpogoro oe. Prevalence of needlestick injuries among healthcare workers in the accident and emergency department of a teaching hospital in nigeria. Annals of medical and health sciences research. 2015;5(6):392-6.
  70. Ng yw, hassim in. Needlestick injury among medical personnel in accident and emergency department of two teaching hospital. Medical journal of malaysia. 2007 mar.
  71. Muralidhar s, kumar singh p, jain rk, malhotra m, bala m. Needle stick injuries among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital of india. Indian journal of medical research. 2010 mar 1;131(3):405.
  72. Goel v, kumar d, lingaiah r, singh s. Occurrence of needlestick and injuries among health-care workers of a tertiary care teaching hospital in north india. Journal of laboratory physicians. 2017 jan;9(1):20.
  73. Amini m, behzadnia mj, saboori f, bahadori m, ravangard r. Needle-stick injuries among healthcare workers in a teaching hospital. Trauma monthly. 2015 nov;20(4).
  74. Sriram s. Study of needle stick injuries among healthcare providers: evidence from a teaching hospital in india. Journal of family medicine and primary care. 2019 feb;8(2):599.
  75. Garus-pakowska a, g?rajski m. Epidemiology of needlestick and sharp injuries among health care workers based on records from 252 hospitals for the period 2010?2014, poland. Bmc public health. 2019 dec;19(1):634.
  76. Bekele t, gebremariam a, kaso m, ahmed k. Factors associated with occupational needle stick and sharps injuries among hospital healthcare workers in bale zone, southeast ethiopia. Plos one. 2015 oct 15.
  77. Salelkar s, motghare dd, kulkarni ms, vaz fs. Study of needle stick injuries among health care workers at a tertiary care hospital. Indian journal of public health. 2010 jan 1;54(1):18.
  78. Rais n, jamil hm. Prevalence of needle stick injuries among health care providers. Int j endorsing health sci res. 2013 dec;1(2):73-9.
  79. Masoumi-asl h, rahbar m, soltani a, pezeshki z, khanaliha k, kolifarhood g. Epidemiology of needlestick injuries among healthcare workers in tehran, iran: a cross-sectional study. ArcHIVes of clinical infectious diseases. 2017;12(2).
  80. Ahmed as. Needle stick and sharp injuries among nurses at zagazig university hospitals, sharkia governorate, egypt. Middle east journal of applied sciences, 4 (4). 2014;1205:1207.
  81. Gheshlagh rg, aslani m, shabani f, dalvand s, parizad n. Prevalence of needlestick and sharps injuries in the healthcare workers of iranian hospitals: an updated meta-analysis. Environmental health and preventive medicine. 2018 dec;23.
  82. Hashmi a, al reesh sa, indah l. Prevalence of needle-stick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers, najran, saudi arabia. Epidemiology. 2012.
  83. Sujatha c, vadasseril j, jayaprakash g, joy jk. Needlestick injury among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital, kerala.
  84. Bhardwaj a, sivapathasundaram n, yusof mf, minghat ah, swe km, sinha nk. The prevalence of accidental needle stick injury and their reporting among healthcare workers in orthopaedic wards in general hospital melaka, malaysia. Malaysian orthopaedic journal. 2014 jul;8(2):6.
  85. Jahan s. Epidemiology of needlestick injuries among health care workers in a secondary care hospital in saudi arabia. Annals of saudi medicine. 2005 may;25(3):233-8.
  86. Al jarallah am, ahmed as. Risk management approach of needle stick and sharp injuries among nurses, saudi arabia: an interventional study. Journal of the arab society for medical research. 2016 jul 1;11(2):50.
  87. Kruger wh, joubert g, jimoh so. Needlestick injuries among nurses in a regional hospital in south africa. Occupational health southern africa. 2012 may 1;18(3):4-10.
  88. Lyra pr, hittinahalli v, sangeetha kt. Study of needle stick injuries among health care workers at a tertiary care hospital. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 2019;8(7):1134-40.
  89. Matsubara c, sakisaka k, sychareun v, phensavanh a, ali m. Prevalence and risk factors of needle stick and sharp injury among tertiary hospital workers, vientiane, lao pdr. Journal of occupational health. 2017:17-0084.

[Uvesh Vaja, Indraneel Dasgupta and Sambit Maiti (2020); KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF NEEDLESTICK INJURIES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE IN KOLKATA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 8 (Feb). 555-590] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

DR UVESH VAJA
INSTITUTE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE,PEERLESS HOSPITAL

DOI:

Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/10489      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/10489

Download Full Paper

Download PDF No. of Downloads: 39 | No. of Views: 130