Devices for preventing percutaneous exposure injuries caused by needles in health care personnel

Lavoie, Marie‐Claude; Verbeek, Jos; Parantainen, Annika; Pahwa, Manisha

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd009740

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“…Application of safety devices led to a NSSIs reduction and reduced risk of blood borne infections. Lavoie et al (2014) reported that needlestick injuries from devices used for blood collection or for injections expose healthcare workers to the risk of blood borne infections such as HBV, HCV, and HIV. Safety features such as shields or retractable needles could contribute to the prevention of these injuries and important to evaluate their effectiveness.…”

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An Overview Needle Sticks or Sharps Related Injuries and Blood-Borne Pathogens

HUSSEIN

MEGAHED²,

SADANY³

et al. 2022

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology

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Blood-borne pathogens are infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, not limited to, hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (ADIS), but also extended to other viruses, bacterial and protozoa infectious diseases. Needle-sticks and other sharps-related injuries may expose workers to blood-borne pathogens. ACGME core competencies: medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, professionalism needle stick injury (NSI) became a major issue and most of the research focuses on Nurses, Doctors and other health care workers, but at the same time nursing students in clinical duties are at high risk. This is a short selected overview of nosocomial blood-borne pathogens transmitted to health care workers by injuries.

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confidence: 99%

An Overview Needle Sticks or Sharps Related Injuries and Blood-Borne Pathogens

HUSSEIN

MEGAHED²,

SADANY³

et al. 2022

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology

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“…13 The use of safety needles alone cannot effectively reduce the occurrence of puncture injuries. 9,14 Worldwide, the burden of NSI, risk factors, implications, risk assessment, prophylaxis, and treatment have been extensively studied; however, there is limited research on implementing the education and training in providing safety nee-dles. 9,11,12 This project was conducted at a medical center in central Taiwan.…”

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“…According to statistics from the US EPINet notification system, 52.24% of incidents leading to punctures in 2019 still involved the use of safety needles 13 . The use of safety needles alone cannot effectively reduce the occurrence of puncture injuries 9,14 . Worldwide, the burden of NSI, risk factors, implications, risk assessment, prophylaxis, and treatment have been extensively studied; however, there is limited research on implementing the education and training in providing safety nee-dles 9,11,12…”

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Prevention of needle-stick injury among nurses in an acute ward of a hospital: a best practice implementation project

Huang

Chien

Lin

et al. 2021

JBI Evidence Implementation

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This evidence implementation project aimed to identify barriers leading to needle-stick injuries (NSIs) and to develop implementation strategies to prevent NSIs in the acute ward of a hospital in central Taiwan. Introduction:The incidence rate of NSIs was 5.6% in the acute ward of a hospital in Taiwan. NSIs commonly occur during the drawing of blood, intravenous insertion, needle recapping, or performing any procedure involving sharp medical devices. NSIs are critical occupational risks among healthcare workers, possibly leading to transmission of infectious diseases, especially blood-borne viruses, such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.Methods: A clinical audit was undertaken using the JBI Practical Application of Clinical Evidence System (PACES) and the Getting Research into Practice (GRiP) approach. Five audit criteria that represented best practice recommendations for prevention of NSIs were used. Baseline data were collected from 177 nurses in five acute wards, followed by the implementation of multiple strategies during a 20-week period of the project. Both baseline and postimplementation audits were undertaken to determine changes in practice.Results: According to the pre-audit concerning the use of safety-engineered injection devices and safe use and disposal of needles, there was 14-15% compliance, which indicated poor compliance with current best-practice criteria. Following the project implementation, the nursing staff were educated about the well tolerated use and disposal of sharps and the improved compliance rate ranged from 40 to 96.6%, with safety needle use increasing from 16 to 95.5%, safety needle operation procedure awareness increasing from 14 to 96%, needles not recapped after use increasing from 47 to 85%, and placing used needles in the sharps collection box increasing from 75 to 80%. Conclusion:This article suggests that standardized puncture prevention education and training enhanced nurses' awareness in the acute ward.

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