Risk factors and prevention of needlestick instruments in the medical field
Keywords:
needlestick, healthcare workers, training and educationAbstract
Training is believed to be most effective when incorporated into healthcare workers' ongoing training regimen, allowing for new technologies to be showcased and for workers to be trained more than once since information retention decreases dramatically after a year. Cutting-edge ways of engaging healthcare workers are being developed to make the information easier to learn and maintain. In some simulations, scenarios can be used to demonstrate real-life situations. In the final analysis, developing properly trained healthcare workers is as important as legal mandates, especially if healthcare leadership is geared towards the novel one-stop shop approach. Workers themselves have stated the desire for employers to take the time and effort to keep them safe. Efficiently training healthcare workers to properly use needlestick preventative equipment is one of the most cost-effective means of reducing not only the risk but also the cost associated with needlestick injuries as well.
Downloads
References
Abadiga, M., Mosisa, G., & Abate, Y. (2019). Magnitude of needlestick and sharp injury and its associated factors among nurses working at health institutions in Western Ethiopia, 2019. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 1589-1602. tandfonline.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S254641
Alfulayw, K. H., Al-Otaibi, S. T., & Alqahtani, H. A. (2019). Factors associated with needlestick injuries among healthcare workers: implications for prevention. BMC Health Services Research. springer.com
Dulon, M., Stranzinger, J., Wendeler, D., & Nienhaus, A. (2019). Causes of needlestick and sharps injuries when using devices with and without safety features. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(23), 8721. mdpi.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238721
Jackson, A. P., Almerol, L. A., Campbell, J., & Hamilton, L. (2019). Needlestick injuries: the role of safety-engineered devices in prevention. British Journal of Nursing, 29(14), S22-S30. [HTML] DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.14.S22
Moyo, E. (2019). Assessing the Prevalence of Needle Stick Injuries among Health Care Workers at a Private Hospital in Oshakati, Namibia. uj.ac.za
Obaidoon, M. N., Lahmady, A. M., Al-kasadi, J. M., & AlHaddad, A. M. (2019). Knowledge and Practice toward Needle Stick Injuries among Health Care Workers at Public Hospitals in Mukalla City-Hadhramout, Yemen. المجلة العلمية-جامعة إقليم سبأ, 6(2). usr.ac
Sharma, M. G. P. & Choudhary, V. S. (). Factors Associated To The Needle Stick Injuries And The Impact Of Comprehensive Prevention Programme (CPP) Upon The …. anapublishingprivate.com. anapublishingprivate.com
Suksatan, W., Jasim, S. A., Widjaja, G., Jalil, A. T., Chupradit, S., Ansari, M. J., ... & Mohammadi, M. J. (2019). Assessment effects and risk of nosocomial infection and needle sticks injuries among patents and health care worker. Toxicology reports, 9, 284-292. sciencedirect.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2022.02.013
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Copyright (c) 2019 International journal of health sciences
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Articles published in the International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS) are available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Authors retain copyright in their work and grant IJHS right of first publication under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, and to use them for any other lawful purpose.
Articles published in IJHS can be copied, communicated and shared in their published form for non-commercial purposes provided full attribution is given to the author and the journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
This copyright notice applies to articles published in IJHS volumes 4 onwards. Please read about the copyright notices for previous volumes under Journal History.
