Preventive Measures among Hospital Laboratory Employees regarding Occupational Health Hazards | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 966-980 PDF (619.43 K) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2023.279982 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samar Ramadan El Metwaly* 1; Nawal Mahmoud Soliman2; Amina Abdel-Razek Mahmoud3 | ||
| 1Nursing Specialist in Kfer El-Shiekh General Hospital | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Benha University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The practices of safety measures by the clinical laboratory workers in hospitals are necessary for the prevention of occupational hazards. Aim of the study: Was to assess preventive measures among hospital laboratory employees regarding occupational health hazards. Research design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in Benha Hospitals at four laboratory departments namely; Benha University Hospitals, Fever Hospital, Benha Teaching Hospital and Health Insurance Hospital. Sample: A convenient sample of 108 hospital laboratory employees from the previously mentioned settings were involved in the study. Tools: Two tools were used to collect data. Tool I: A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess laboratory employees’ socio-demographic characteristics, work characteristics, knowledge about occupational health hazards and its preventive measures. Tool II: An observational checklist for safe laboratory environment and practices of laboratory employees regarding prevention of occupational hazards. Results: 33.3% of the studied laboratory employees aged from 30 to less than 40 years old with mean age 32.25±5.07, 38% of them had skin inflammation, 29.6% of them exposure to needle stick injuries. Moreover 47.2% of them had good total knowledge score while 73.1% of them had total unsatisfactory practices. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically significant correlation between total laboratory employees’ knowledge and their total practices regarding prevention of occupational health hazards (p<0.001). Recommendations: Continuous training courses about laboratory safety measures should be provided for laboratory employees. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Clinical Laboratory Workers; Occupational Hazards; Safety Measures | ||
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