Needlestick injury surveillance and underreporting in Japan

Smith, Derek

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.005

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“…Lee, Mitsuda, Yoshikawa, Hosomi, & Okubo, 2007). Furthermore, an increasing body of evidence has begun to suggest that psychosocial factors may play an important role in their occurrence (Smith, 2010). Few authors have investigated hospital safety climate, psychosocial factors, and exposure incidents in Japanese health care as a combined entity, however.…”

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Examining the Dimensions of Hospital Safety Climate and Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Japanese Nurses

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“…A study conducted on nurses in the Union States shows low prevalence of training (85% had received annual training and 8.5% had not received any training in the previous year) and high rate of underreporting of needlesticks and other exposure accidents (48.9%) 107) . The problem of underreporting is particularly investigated in Japan and the rate of underreporting is estimated about of 20% 108,109) . However, a study among Japanese nurses reveal a higher percentage (64.1%) of needlesticks and sharp injuries underreported and shows the importance of interactions between needlesticks, psychosocial factors and safety climate (56% reported much responsibility in their work) 110) .…”

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Biological Risk and Occupational Health

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Many work activities include hazards to workers, and among these biological risk is particularly important, mostly because of different types of exposure, contact with highly dangerous agents, lack of limit values able to compare all exposures, presence of workers with defective immune systems and therefore more susceptible to the risk. Bioaerosols and dust are considered important vehicles of microganisms at workplaces and interaction with other occupational agents is assumed. Moreover, biological risk can be significant in countries with increasing economic development or particular habits and some biological agents are also classified as carcinogenic to human . Specific emerging biological risks have been recently pointed out by Risk Observatory of the European Agency for Safety and Health at work, and we must consider the worker's attitude and behaviour, influenced by his own perception of risk more than his real knowledge, that could over-underestimate the risk itself. Therefore, biological risk at work requires a complex approach in relation to risk assessment and risk management, made more difficult due to the wide variety of biological agents, working environments and working techniques that can determine the exposures.

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“…If healthcare workers maintain low HIV, HBV, and/or HCV viral loads or if they are engaged in tasks that do not involve blood exposure, the possibility of provider-to-patient transmission is considered extremely low 11,12) . Although some scientific committees or congresses in Japan have published guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired infection [13][14][15] , these guidelines focus mainly on prevention and do not provide advice on best practices for continuing the employment of healthcare workers after an infection. Therefore, the current management of healthcare workers infected with HIV, HBV, and/or HCV is decided on a case-by-case basis at each medical institution.…”

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A consensus for occupational health management of healthcare workers infected with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and / or hepatitis C virus

Ishimaru

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2017

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:Occupational health management plays an important role in the prevention of provider-to-patient transmission in healthcare workers infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Therefore, the Japan Society for Occupational Health's Research Group on Occupational Health for Health Care Workers has proposed a consensus for the management of healthcare workers infected with HIV, HBV, and/or HCV based on recent evidence for each concerned group. The consensus recommends that: (1) employers in medical institutions should establish a policy of respecting the human rights of healthcare workers, management strategies for occupational blood exposure, and occupational health consultation; (2) occupational health staff should appropriately assess the risk of provider-to-patient transmission of HIV, HBV, and / or HCV infection and rearrange their tasks if necessary. When conducting risk assessment, occupational health staff should obtain informed consent and then cooperate with the physician in charge as well as infection control experts in the workplace; (3) healthcare workers infected with HIV, HBV, and/or HCV should disclose their employment to their treating physician and consult with their doctor regarding the need for special considerations at work ; and ( 4 ) supervisors and colleagues in medical institutions should correctly understand the risks of HIV, HBV, and HCV infection and should not engage in any behavior that leads to discrimination against colleagues infected with HIV, HBV, and/or HCV.

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Needlestick injury surveillance and underreporting in Japan

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Examining the Dimensions of Hospital Safety Climate and Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Japanese Nurses

Examining the Dimensions of Hospital Safety Climate and Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Japanese Nurses

Biological Risk and Occupational Health

A consensus for occupational health management of healthcare workers infected with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and / or hepatitis C virus

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