Prevalence of sharp instrument injuries among medical staff in a tertiary general hospital
10.3760/cma.j.cn121094-20200914-00525
- VernacularTitle:某三级综合医院医务人员的锐器伤流行情况
- Author:
Shuangqing LIAN
1
;
Xuan LIN
;
Yanqing ZHANG
;
Yufang CHEN
Author Information
1. 350001 福州，福建省立医院
- Keywords:
Occupational injuries;
Medical staff;
Epidemiology;
Tertiary prevention;
Sharp injury
- From:
Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases
2021;39(11):848-851
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the current situation of sharp instrument injuries among medical workers in a tertiary general hospital in Fuzhou, so as to provide basis for formulating relevant policies.Methods:In June 2019, medical personnel working in a tertiary general hospital in Fuzhou, who may have sharp instrument injuries were selected as the research object. A total of 2720 questionnaires were received, including 2688 valid questionnaires, with an effective rate of 98.8%. The age, type of work, professional title, working years, operating habits, occurrence and reporting of sharp instrument injuries among medical staff from June 2018 to May 2019 were investigated.Results:The incidence of sharp instrument injury was 37.6% (1011/2688) . Among them, 20.6% (208/1011) had multiple sharp instrument injuries. The exposure rate of contaminated sharp instruments was 15.1% (405/2688) . With the increase of age, professional title and working years, the incidence of sharp instrument injury decreased year by year (χ 2trend=12.393, 33.339, 15.160, P<0.05) . The first three causes of sharp instrument injury were breaking glass ampoules by hand (39.1%, 395/1011) , extracting liquid medicine (10.4%, 105/1011) and handling sharp instruments by hand (10.3%, 104/1011) . The main sharp instruments causing sharp injury were ampoules (43.2%, 437/1011) , syringe needles (20.3%, 205/1011) and suture needles (9.6%, 97/1011) . 874 (86.4%) medical staff had missed reports after sharp instrument injuries. Conclusion:The occurrence of sharp instrument injury in this hospital is still serious, and the protection of sharp instrument injury should be strengthened.
