Lack of risk-awareness and reporting behavior towards HIV infection through needlestick injury among European medical students

Salzer, Helmut J. F.; Hoenigl, Martin; Kessler, Harald H.; Stigler, Florian L; Raggam, Reinhard B.; Rippel, Karoline E.; Langmann, Hubert; Sprenger, Martin; Krause, Robert

doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.05.002

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“…NSI underreporting in this study is around 50%, which is similar to the international range of 33%-70.2% [11,18,[21][22][23][24]. Our respondents' reasons for not reporting were mainly based on fear and self-assessment of risk, similar to other studies [18,22,25,26].…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Our respondents' reasons for not reporting were mainly based on fear and self-assessment of risk, similar to other studies [18,22,25,26]. This consistency of findings despite advances in NSI prevention programs and training, and the development of "no blame" culture in hospitals [27] is concerning.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…The proportion of medical students who sustained NSI in our study (16.6%; 95% CI = 10.9%-22.4%) is within the range from similar studies from Australia [6][7][8] and other countries [18,[21][22][23][24]. However, different methods in asking about NSI incidents in thosestudies (such as asking about lifetime prevalence or unspecified number of NSI) hinder a comparison of incidence density.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…We were unable to compare socio-demographic attributes of responders and non-responders; however, the sample of this study was representative for the years of study and teaching hospitals because these hospitals are comparable for size and patient case-mix. Previous similar studies have achieved higher response rates between 42%-100% [7][8][9][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. These studies used in-class paper questionnaires administration and collection; however this method was hindered in our study by the students' geographical and departmental distribution.…”

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Needlestick Injury among Medical Students in an Australian University

Marjadi¹

2017

J Infect Dis Epidemiol

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Needlestick Injuries (NSI) commonly occurs in the hospital setting. Medical students are at risk of NSI due to lack of clinical experience. The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence and knowledge, attitudes, awareness and practices of NSI among medical students at an Australian university. We conducted a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire on NSI-related knowledge, attitude, awareness, practice, incidents and follow up. The survey was distributed to clinical students (years 3-6) of a 6-year medical program in Australia. Data were analysed with descriptive and bivariate analyses (IBM SPSS v.22; alpha 0.05). Response rate to the study was 13.8% (153/1111). Students' median score for knowledge was 3 out of maximum 6; attitude 3/4; awareness 4/6 and practice 1/2. Twenty-five students sustained a total of 28 NSI events in the past 12 months (proportion 16.6%, 95% confidence interval 10.9%-22.4%; incidence density 1.5/100 person-month); 13/25 did not report their NSI. Students in higher year of study were associated with higher rate of NSI (p = 0.02). Clinical and medical schools must address poor NSI-related knowledge, improve attitudes to reporting and provide instructions on safe handling of sharps. Surveillance of NSI specifically for medical students will provide important information to minimise harm.

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Needlestick Injury among Medical Students in an Australian University

Marjadi¹

2017

J Infect Dis Epidemiol

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“…The rate of exposure is high among faculty members and students (61.2 %) which are in contrast with a study conducted by Salzer et al [8] who reported a rate of 34 %. This could be due to under reporting by the other groups or because of a small sample size of the study.…”

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Awareness About Needle Stick Injures and Sharps Disposal: A Study Conducted at Army College of Dental Sciences

Bindra¹,

Reddy²,

Chakrabarty

et al. 2013

J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg.

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Background The present study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude about needle stick injuries and sharps disposal. Methods A self designed questionnaire of 15 questions was handed out to 200 participants including undergraduate students (group 1), postgraduate students (group 2), faculty members (group 3) and auxiliary staff members (group 4). The data was collected and analyzed using Chi square test. Results Sixty-one percent of total participants reported of experiencing needle stick injury and 25.5 % knew that there could be several causes for this. Only 22 % of total population studied got the source tested. Immunization status of group 4 was very low and they also lacked the knowledge of sharps disposal and hepatitis C being spread by needle stick injuries. 57 % participants confirmed that there was no reporting facility and 66 % were not familiar with the guidelines of reporting.Conclusions There is a definite scope of improvement in terms of reporting and prevention of needle stick injuries. There is a need to improve knowledge and awareness of dental health care workers about the post exposure protocol.

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