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Sharps Injuries Among Healthcare Workers in Liberia and Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Objective:
There is little data on sharps injuries among healthcare workers in West Africa, despite the region's high rate of Hepatitis B and HIV. The purpose of this study is to investigate healthcare workers' history of sharps injury in Liberia and Ghana.
Design:
An electronic cross-sectional survey disseminated by local nursing, midwifery, physician assistant, and physician associations.
Setting:
Healthcare workers in Liberia and Ghana from February to June 2022.
Participants:
Participant were registered nurses, physician assistants, physicians, or midwives, and had been working in a patient care role for at least nine of the previous twelve months.
Methods:
A link to the survey was texted to participants through their professional association membership lists, including nursing, midwifery, and physician assistant organizations in both Liberia and Ghana and a physician organization in Ghana only.
Results:
509 participants reported an average of 1.8 injuries per year in Liberia and 1.1 in Ghana (p=<0.01). 15.1% of healthcare workers reported three or more injuries in the past year. Liberia had a higher proportion of frequently injured workers (p=<0.01). Frequently injured workers were evenly distributed across worker types.
Conclusions:
Workers in this region are vulnerable to sharps injuries. A frequently injured subset of workers likely has distinctive risk factors and would benefit from further investigation and intervention.
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