Needle stick injury reporting among surgeons in tertiary hospitals of Lahore

Younis, Muhammad Umar; Shah, Syed Faraz-ul Hassan; Muzafar, Aliya; Sarwar, Muhammad Zeeshan; Rehman, Fakeha; Hameed, Samreen; Naumeri, Fatima

doi:10.29309/tpmj/2019.26.06.3593

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“…As the current study found that very few of the cases of needle stick injury have been reported due to lack of efficient system of reporting and awareness among doctors about the protective measures and the current findings are consistent with other study in Pakistan, reporting 0.29% prevalence of needle stick injuries among consultants, 24.5% among post-graduate residents and 44.7% among house officers [22]. There is a need of safety awareness programs including safe methods of passing instruments, use of blunt tip needles, double gloves and gowns.…”

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Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury among Surgeons

Iqbal

Quraishi

Bhatti

et al. 2021

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Aim: To find out the prevalence of needle stick injury, its reporting system and the reasons behind it. Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional Place and duration of study: Study was conducted at Jinnah post-graduate medical center (JPMC) Karachi during the period of March to September 2019 Methodology: A self-designed, self-explanatory questionnaire was used, consisting of two parts, the first part was about demographic information while second part is for information related to needle stick injury like probable cause, frequency, response after injury, post-exposure prophylaxis and about reporting of the incident. Questionnaire was validated by calculating the Cronbach’s alpha which was 0.78. data was analyzed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: Majority of the study participants were female (67.2%) and about 50% were postgraduate students. Out of total 134 doctors about 64.2% of the doctors had needle stick injury during their career. Finding out the most probable cause of needle stick injury during the survey it was found out that increased work load and prolonged working hours were the main reasons. Majority of the cases occurred in emergency department (41.9%). About 95.5% of the doctors didn’t get any post-exposure prophylaxis. Majority of the participants (96.3%) did not report to any authority because of the lack of knowledge about the reporting policy, it was noted that about 38.8% were confused either the reporting system exist or not. Most of the injuries occur during the procedure of suturing followed by recapping syringes. Conclusion: It has been concluded that majority of the doctors had faced needle stick injury during their career and a very negligible number of them got any post-exposure prophylaxis. Majority of them did not report to any authority. So there is a need of implication of safety measures and reporting policies for early detection and treatment of infections after needle stick injury.

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Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury among Surgeons

Iqbal

Quraishi

Bhatti

et al. 2021

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“…The surgeons practicing in the system are burdened over un-quantified risk exposure. 7 The objectives of the study are to estimate the prevalence of exposure incidents in HCP in OTs; to understand perception about safety culture and to explain the challenges faced by HCP in OTs.…”

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Safety culture implications on safe work practices and work place exposure incidents in Operation Theater

Hameed¹,

Bashir²,

Khan³

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Pak J Med Sci

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Background & Objectives: The study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of body and blood fluid exposure incidents such as needle stick injuries, direct contact, splashes, and cuts among health care personnel (HCP) in operation theaters (OTs). The study objective was to investigate perception of safety culture and potential challenges faced by HCP in Pakistani context. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional survey was conducted in four tertiary care hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad that were Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital (ANTH), Fauji Foundation Hospital (FFH), Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and Holy Family Hospital (HFH) during March, 2019 to June, 2019. The data of the current study was collected from surgical staff in OTs at four tertiary care teaching hospitals including nurses, house officers, post graduate trainees, registrars, consultants, and technicians in the twin cities i.e., Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Results: In our findings (N=367) there was a high prevalence of exposure incidents in past six months, 45% had had got a needle injury, 36% have got a splash, 28.8% had direct contact and 35.6% had a cut once respectively in past six months, the occurrence of exposure incidents twice, thrice and more is also enormous. Conclusion: The study reflected a dire need of trainings at hospitals so that very strategically the importance of safety being a priority and value of HCP is inculcated on daily basis. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.2.2946 How to cite this:Hameed T, Bashir EA, Khan AQ, Ahmad M. Safety culture implications on safe work practices and work place exposure incidents in Operation Theater. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(2):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.2.2946 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Needle stick injury reporting among surgeons in tertiary hospitals of Lahore

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Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury among Surgeons

Prevalence of Needle Stick Injury among Surgeons

Safety culture implications on safe work practices and work place exposure incidents in Operation Theater

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