Needle-Stick Injuries among 379 Nurses:Analysis and Surveillance / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate rate,cause,psychology and prevention of needle-stick injuries among nursing staff.METHODS A retrospective questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of 426 clinical nurses in a hospital.RESULTS Totally 379 nurses(88.97%) suffered from needle-stick injuries with an average of 4.75 times per person annually.The nurses with needle-stick more than 10 times accounted for 6.10%.The main reasons of needle-stick included pulling needles,adding medication,separating needle and so on.CONCLUSIONS Nurse should consolidate them self-protective consciousness.Therefore,it is a very important task of occupational prevention to improve the education of concept of universal precautions,prevent needle stab and reduce the occurrence of blood born diseases.