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Sharps Injuries Among Nursing Staff: A Qualitative Study.
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Istanbul Health and Technology University.
Nursing staff often blame themselves for sharps injuries, rather than systemic issues. Improving occupational safety requires better monitoring, training, safety materials, and encouraging incident reporting to foster a strong safety culture.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health
- Nursing Practice
- Patient Safety
Background:
- Sharps-related injuries are frequent among nursing staff.
- Previous research often overlooks the subjective experiences of nurses regarding these injuries.
- A gap exists in understanding nursing staff perspectives on contributing factors and prevention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore nursing staff opinions and experiences with sharps injuries.
- To identify factors contributing to sharps injuries.
- To uncover gaps in current prevention strategies and suggest improvements for occupational safety.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative descriptive phenomenological study.
- Involved 38 nursing staff from various regions in Brazil.
- Data collected via open-ended online questions between July 26 and September 11, 2025.
Main Results:
- Identified four main themes: injury occurrence, triggering factors, post-injury period, and prevention strategies.
- Twelve subthemes were identified within the main themes.
- Nurses frequently internalize blame for injuries, viewing them as personal failures.
Conclusions:
- Highlights the persistent issue of sharps injuries in nursing, emphasizing unchanged findings.
- Underscores the need to shift blame from personal failure to systemic issues.
- Recommends rigorous monitoring, continuous training, adequate safety materials, and promoting incident reporting to enhance collective safety and safety culture.
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