Underreporting of blood and body fluid exposures among health care students and trainees in the acute care setting: A 2007 survey

Needlestick Injury among Medical Students in an Australian University

“…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].…”

“…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.…”

What to do after needlestick injury?

“…15 The most common reasons were considering the accident as unserious or being too busy. 28 In 1991 in the United States, a standardized tool for reporting exposures was created -the Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet). 29 It is already used in about 50 countries in North and South America, Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe.…”

Subnotificação de acidentes com material biológico pelos profissionais de enfermagem de um hospital-escola do interior paulista

“…O conhecimento, em si, não assegura a adoção de comportamentos seguros assim torna-se necessário avaliar que tipo de conhecimento esses treinamentos têm gerado (GERSHON et al, 1995 MACHADO, 2011;SENCAN et al, 2004;SILVA et al, 2010;TARANTOLA et al, 2003 MARZIALE, 2008;SILVA et al, 2010;TIPPLE et al, 2004 DELPISHEH, 2010;ELMIYEH et al, 2004;KESSLER et al, 2011;PROCHNOW et al, 2011;QUINN et al, 2009 Como segundo fator mais citado para a subnotificação, este estudo evidenciou a burocracia. Revisão integrativa da literatura encontrou a burocracia como o motivo mais citado entre os artigos revisados (PROCHNOW et al, 2011).…”

“…Outros autores também encontraram esta resposta e ainda a resposta "falta de tempo" (GANCZAK et al, 2007;KERR et al, 2009;KESSLER et al, 2011;PROCHNOW et al, 2011;QUINN et al, 2009 PROCHNOW et al, 2011;GANCZAK et al, 2007;KESSLER et al, 2011;QUINN et al, 2009 • Dos 352 profissionais acidentados, 48,6% sofreram de duas a cinco exposições no último ano;…”