Prevalence of and risk factors for needlestick and sharps injuries among nursing students in Hong Kong

Cheung, Kin; Ching, Shirley Siu Yin; Chang, Katherine Ka Pik; Ho, Sai-Yin

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.023

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“…Medical and nursing students reported that lack of technical preparation, distraction and tiredness were the main reasons for the occurrence of exposures, as similarly observed in other studies with medical students 24,27,30 and nursing students 7 . However, while some students attributed injuries to the lack of tutorial support, paradoxically, these injuries most frequently occurred when there was tutorial support.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Studies conducted in several parts of the world have found an increase in the incidence of injuries among nursing students as the course advances 7,34,41,49 , as a result of the higher frequency of contact with patients and handling of cutting and piercing objects. However, the present study showed a reduction in the occurrence of occupational exposures among nursing students as the course advanced.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, certain studies took into consideration only NSIs and/or SIs. Thus, frequencies of occupational exposures varied between 11% and 74.4% among medical students 1,6,8,15,16,20,26–29,31,42,43,45 and between 8.8% and 61.5% among nursing students 7,10,32,34,37,41,46,47,49 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Occupational Exposures to Body Fluids and Behaviors Regarding Their Prevention and Post-Exposure Among Medical and Nursing Students at a Brazilian Public University

Souza-Borges

Ribeiro²,

Oliveira

2014

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the frequencies and characteristics of occupational exposures among medical and nursing students at a Brazilian public university, in addition to their prevention and post-exposure behavior. During the second semester of 2010, a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was completed by 253/320 (79.1%) medical students of the clinical course and 149/200 (74.5%) nursing students who were already performing practical activities. Among medical students, 53 (20.9%) suffered 73 injuries, which mainly occurred while performing extra-curricular activities (32.9%), with cutting and piercing objects (56.2%), in the emergency room (39.7%), and as a result of lack of technical preparation or distraction (54.8%). Among nursing students, 27 (18.1%) suffered 37 injuries, which mainly occurred with hollow needles (67.6%) in the operating room or wards (72.2%), and as a result of lack of technical preparation or distraction (62.1%). Among medical and nursing students, respectively, 96.4% and 48% were dissatisfied with the instructions on previously received exposure prevention; 48% and 18% did not always use personal protective equipment; 67.6% and 16.8% recapped used needles; 49.3% and 35.1% did not bother to find out the source patient's serological results post-exposure; and 1.4% and 18.9% officially reported injuries. In conclusion, this study found high frequencies of exposures among the assessed students, inadequate practices in prevention and post-exposure, and, consequently, the need for training in “standard precautions” to prevent such exposures.

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Occupational Exposures to Body Fluids and Behaviors Regarding Their Prevention and Post-Exposure Among Medical and Nursing Students at a Brazilian Public University

Souza-Borges

Ribeiro²,

Oliveira

2014

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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“…However, there are informational gap among existing research materials on NSIs and SIs in relation to varying level of nursing education. [12] Nursing students build up their aptitudes by performing methods in which they have to handle cutting and puncturing objects with conceivable coincidental contact with body liquids. Some reviews accounted that healthcare workers, especially, nursing students have higher danger of NSIs as compared to graduates who are already experts in the field.…”

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Investigating needle stick injuries: Incidence, knowledge and perception among South Jordanian nursing students

Nawafleh

Abozead²,

Momani³

et al. 2017

JNEP

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Needle stick injury (NSI) is one of the major causes of blood borne infections in the present day healthcare system. Among healthcare professionals, nursing students will most likely be exposed to this dilemma. Interventions like institutionalizing educational programs to produce awareness and knowledge among nurses can depict positive outcomes in changing perceptions toward safety measures. This study aimed to investigate the incidence, perspectives, views, perceptions, and knowledge of NSIs among nursing students studying at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University. The sample population consisted of all undergraduate nursing students from second to fourth academic levels at the university who consented to participate in this study. The mode of data collection utilized a self-structured questionnaire apportioned into four parts. The first portion of the questionnaire presented the socio-demographic details of the respondents. The second part of the questionnaire demonstrated questions about needle stick incidences at the clinical units of the participants; frequency of occurrences (i.e., number, nature, and rationale); place of occurrence; and, whether the event was reported to higher authorities. The third part of the questionnaire entailed queries associated with the knowledge of the students with respect to needle stick injury. The last part focused on the student's knowledge and perception on the risks associated to needle sticks injuries and the relative precautions to prevent such. The results showed that most of the students had positive perception of NSIs; while two thirds of the student nurses experienced NSI with increasing number of injured nurses occurring among second year students. This is due to the lack of knowledge regarding universal precaution guidelines and acupuncture safety device. Nursing students are at risks of getting infection. Proper steps are needed to promote awareness of NSI as well as the dangers and prevention from such events.

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“…Health care workers (HCW) and students are exposed to potentially infectious biological material during procedures that involve possible contact with body fluids (1)(2)(3) . After such exposure, professionals and students must seek treatment in a specialized service in order to assess the risk for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) (4)(5) .…”

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Clinical treatment adherence of health care workers and students exposed to potentially infectious biological material

Almeida

Canini

Reis

et al. 2015

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objective:To assess adherence to clinical appointments by health care workers (HCW) and students who suffered accidents with potentially infectious biological material. Method: A retrospective cross-sectional study that assessed clinical records of accidents involving biological material between 2005 and 2010 in a specialized unit. Results: A total of 461 individuals exposed to biological material were treated, of which 389 (84.4%) were HCWs and 72 (15.6%) students. Of the 461 exposed individuals, 307 (66.6%) attended a follow-up appointment. Individuals who had suffered an accident with a known source patient were 29 times more likely to show up to their scheduled follow-up appointments (OR: 29.98; CI95%: 16.09-55.83). Conclusion: The predictor in both univariate and multivariate analyses for adherence to clinical follow-up appointment was having a known source patient with nonreactive serology for the human immunodeficiency virus and/or hepatitis B and C.

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Prevalence of and risk factors for needlestick and sharps injuries among nursing students in Hong Kong

Cited by 37 publications

References 16 publications

Occupational Exposures to Body Fluids and Behaviors Regarding Their Prevention and Post-Exposure Among Medical and Nursing Students at a Brazilian Public University

Occupational Exposures to Body Fluids and Behaviors Regarding Their Prevention and Post-Exposure Among Medical and Nursing Students at a Brazilian Public University

Investigating needle stick injuries: Incidence, knowledge and perception among South Jordanian nursing students

Clinical treatment adherence of health care workers and students exposed to potentially infectious biological material

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