The Needle Stick Injuries of Interns and Residents Working in Hospitals in a City / 대한산업의학회지

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted in order to assess the experience of needle stick injury among interns and residents working in hospitals during the previous 4 months. METHODS: We conducted a questionnaire survey of 695 interns and residents working in two university hospitals and one general hospital in Tague city. Four hundred and forty three of those questioned(63.7 %) fully responded. RESULTS: Two hundred of the respondents(45.1 %) suffered at least one injury. Respondents suffered an average of 1.8 injuries. 96.5 % of interns, 40.6 % of surgical residents and 34.4 % of non-surgical residents suffered at least one injury. According to multiple logistic regression, Intern status and an increased amount of working time is associated with high risk of needle stick injury. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that interns and residents suffer a high rate of needle stick injury.