Investigation of Needlestick Injury in Medical care workers
- VernacularTitle:医务人员针刺伤调查
- Author:
Changjun XU
;
Chunxian JIANG
;
Jinliang PAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medcal staff;
Needle injury;
Survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the risk factors and control measures for needle injury,so that to provide relevant information for epidemiological studies of needle injury.METHODS The Needle injury of the worker′s age,type,location,operation links,workload and the spread exposed source were investigated,in the medical staff from Jan 2005 to Dec 2007 including 155 cases of needle injury(125 medical staff).RESULTS The survey showed that the risk factors of needle injury were short working age,lack understanding of needle injury,needles being putted cap back again,naked needles and busy working.CONCLUSIONS The control measures for Needle injury are to strengthen occupational training,dispose contaminated needles timely,avoid needles being naked,forbid needles being putted cap back again,and assign people reasonably.
