RESUMO
We assessed safe injection practices among 1100 health-care workers in 25 health-care facilities in Gharbiya Governorate. Questionnaires were used to collect information and 278 injections were observed using a standardized checklist. There was a lack of infection control policies in all the facilities and a lack of many supplies needed for safe injection. Proper needle manipulation before disposal was observed in only 41% of injections, safe needle disposal in 47.5% and safe syringe disposal in 0%. Reuse of used syringes and needles was reported by 13.2% of the health-care workers and 66.2% had experienced a needle-stick injury. Only 11.3% had received a full course of hepatitis B vaccination.
Assuntos
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Pessoal de Saúde , Injeções/métodos , Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha/prevenção & controle , Saúde Ocupacional , Gestão da Segurança/métodos , Adulto , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Estudos Transversais , Egito/epidemiologia , Reutilização de Equipamento/estatística & dados numéricos , Segurança de Equipamentos/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Administradores de Instituições de Saúde , Pessoal de Saúde/educação , Pessoal de Saúde/psicologia , Pessoal de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos , Vacinas contra Hepatite B , Humanos , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Controle de Infecções/normas , Injeções/efeitos adversos , Injeções/normas , Masculino , Eliminação de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde/métodos , Eliminação de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde/normas , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha/epidemiologia , Gestão da Segurança/normas , Inquéritos e Questionários , Vacinação/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
We assessed safe injection practices among 1100 health-care workers in 25 health-care facilities in Gharbiya Governorate. Questionnaires were used to collect information and 278 injections were observed using a standardized checklist. There was a lack of infection control policies in all the facilities and a lack of many supplies needed for safe injection. Proper needle manipulation before disposal was observed in only 41% of injections, safe needle disposal in 47.5% and safe syringe disposal in 0%. Reuse of used syringes and needles was reported by 13.2% of the health-care workers and 66.2% had experienced a needle-stick injury. Only 11.3% had received a full course of hepatitis B vaccination
