The psychological impact of needlestick injuries

O’Connor, M. B.

doi:10.1007/s11845-011-0708-2

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“…Concerning to the places of needlesticks injury incidences; the current study shows that the majority of nurses were exposed to needlesticks injury in the ICU, surgical, medical and their related sub-specialties departments as compare with other departments,with statistically significant differences were found between them. The present study findings were consistent with Zhang et al (25) These results, which are in accordance with the study conducted by Jahangiri et al (22) , which found that recapping of used Within the study done by O'Connor, (26) who confirmed that injury by sharp objects with study results by Jahangiri et al (22) who report that the nurses washing the wound site by running water and soap as a the first action after injury followed by dressing the wound site.…”

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Evaluations of Stress Level Caused by Fear of Exposure to Needle stick Injury among Nurses: A cross-sectional study

Ali

Mohamed

2018

Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal

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Needlestick injury is one of the significant stress-leading causes among nurses in healthcare settings. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the level of stress caused by fear of needlestick injury exposure among nurses working at Sohag University Hospital. Subject and methods: A crosssectional study conducted with on 178 nurses from different Sohag University Hospital departments using two tools, demographic and needlestick information tool and stress level tool. Results: About seventy percent of nurses from a variety of units in Sohag University Hospital suffered from severe stress of exposure to needlestick injuries and indicated that they have been actually exposed to prickle in the preceding two months. Majority of injuries occurred in the morning shift at ICU, surgical, medical and their belonging subspecialties departments by syringes needles, IV devices and medical scalpels. The respondents graduated from Secondary School of Nursing were the most common were highly exposed to needlestick injuries, and were planning to leave the clinical nursing procedures or their changed career categorically. A significant percent of nurses preferred not to report official authorities on needlestick injuries for these reasons, busy job, no possibility of infection from needlestick, and no way to communicate with officials. The most common procedures for needlestick injuries occur among nurses was during recapping of needles, preparing and giving drugs and most of them did not perform any serological tests after injuries occurred. In addition, the current study shows that the high percent of nurses washed the injured place by the running water and soap, they used the disinfectants material to clean the injury site and put a dressing on the wound, and the most common sites of injury were the hands and fingers, and it occurred once or twice. There was a statistical significant correlation among needlestick injuries and educational level, departments, leaving of specific clinical nursing procedures and level of stress while no statistically significant relation is found between the previous training and needlestick. Conclusion & Recommendations: Exposure to needlestick injuries may cause severe stress among the nursing staff. Appropriate training and awareness should be given regularly to the nurses to ameliorate skills to deal with needlestick injuries during their nursing curriculum and continue after graduation to help reduce stress among nurses.

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Evaluations of Stress Level Caused by Fear of Exposure to Needle stick Injury among Nurses: A cross-sectional study

Ali

Mohamed

2018

Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal

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“…The results of a survey in Germany showed a reduced incidence of needle-stick injury using safety box ( 24 ). In mental-environment condition area, O'Connor showed that injury by sharp objects caused leave or absence and is prolonged due to anxiety or stress disorder ( 25 ). Work-related interventions are important to improve occupational health in emergency room nurses, nursing managers should be aware of the causes and consequences of occupational stress in emergency room nurses, in order to activate preventive interventions ( 26 ).…”

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Effect of Education on Stress of Exposure to Sharp Objects among Nurses Working in Emergency and Trauma Care Wards of Baqiyatallah Hospital in 2013

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Background:Health care services can cause injuries to medical staff. One of these injuries is exposure to needle-sticks. This can result in the transmission of blood-borne diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis B; the staff undergo continuous stress. Thus, it is necessary to use some method to reduce this stress.Objectives:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of education based on the stabilization model on stress induced exposure to needle sticks among nurses working in emergency and trauma wards.Patients and Methods:This Quast- Experiental Study was performed on 35 nurses working in emergency and trauma wards of our hospital in October-December 2013. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire; Reliability and validity of the questionnaire were confirmed (α = 0. 92 and ICC = 0.94).Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent t-test and paired sample t-test were also used.Results:The mean and standard deviation of stress experienced by nurses before and after the intervention were 64.94 ± 15.67 and 43.91 ± 10.73, respectively. Findings indicated that education decrease needle stick stress in nurses significantly (P < 0.001).Conclusions:According to the results of this study, the stress level induced due to needle-stick exposure and its complications is high and interventions for reduction are essential.

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“…In the study of O'Connor, it was demonstrated that injury by sharp objects caused leave or absence and prolonged work interruption due to anxiety or stress disorder, with a rate of one out of 20 individuals, resulting in a reduction of the quality of work (17). The study of Seng et al showed that only 146 cases out of 242 injured health workers reported their injuries to the authorities (4).…”

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confidence: 99%