PREVALENCE OF NEEDLE STICK INJURIES AMONG NURSES WORKING IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH HOSPITALS | ||||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 2020, Page 101-114 PDF (343.49 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2020.179765 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Nesreen Abo El-enen; Sahar Soliman; Nagwa Salem | ||||
| Community Health Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Exposure to needle stick injuries during any procedures involving sharps are the major problem threatens Healthcare workers life. Healthcare workers are exposed to needle stick injuries during performing any procedures involving sharps. The study aims to assess the prevalence of needle stick injuries or sharps stick injuries among nurses working in the Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals in Dakhlia Governorate. A Crosssectional study design was used to utilized this study and four tools were used in this study. 1) Self- administered structured questionnaire about nurse's personal and occupational data, 2) Self-administered structured questionnaire about nurse's knowledge regarding needle stick injuries, 3) Self-administered structured questionnaire about nurse's behavior regarding measures obtained after needle stick injuries, 4) Self-administered structured questionnaire about nurse's subjective practice. The study was consists of 364 nurses when the population size = 6908 nurses who were working at hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Population Dakahlia Governorate. Results. This study showed that 304 (83.6) from studied nurses exposed to needle stick injuries and the average score of nurses' knowledge about NSI was significantly higher among the young age nurses while the average practice score was significantly increased with age. Conclusion. Most of nurses had good and fair knowledge about NSI. While more than two third of them had unsatisfactory practice of correct behavior in their work. Recommendations. Evaluate the impact of Needle Stick Injury on nurses' quality of life by using health assessment questionnaire in the different department. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| needle stick injuries; nurses; prevalence | ||||
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