Sharp Injuries among Medical Workers in Operating Department:A Survey Analysis and Countermeasures
- VernacularTitle:手术部医务人员锐器伤调查分析与对策
- Author:
Liping DENG
;
Lanying JIANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Operating department;
Workers;
Sharp injuries;
Occupational protection
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the status of the sharp injuries among medical workers in operating department and explore the countermeasures for the occupational protection.METHODS The status of the sharp injuries was investigated retrospectively from Jul 2006 to Jun 2007 used a self-designed questionnaire among 255 medical workers in three grade 2A hospitals in Tongcheng city.RESULTS Among the medical workers 63.14% suffered sharp injuries.Furthermore,the proportion of sharp injuries among doctors,nurses and nurse students were 46.67%,80.00% and 92.73%,and the sharp injuries rate was closely associated with the working years.The type of sharp injuries was closely associated with occupation.The proportion of reporting sharp injuries among doctors,nurses and nurse students was 38.57%,87.50% and 3.92%,respectively.The proportion of taking on gloves among doctors,nurses and nurse students was 88.0%,80.0% and 16.37% when they worked in contact with blood or body liquid.CONCLUSIONS The medical workers meet the danger of sharp injury.Nurse students and new medical workers have high incidence of the sharp injury,so they are high-risk subjects who should enhance their safeguard procedures.Thus,perfecting the operating protocols and standardizing the managements of occupational prevention and protection could reduce the sharp injuries rate.
