尖物体伤害如何影响我们的医疗保健工作者:揭开前景和预防性要求
Ethar N Ibrahim1, Soha Kannan2, Laith Al Habahbeh3
1Anaesthesia, Jordanian Royal Medical Services, Irbid, JOR.
Cureus
|April 22, 2024
概括
尖物体伤害对医疗保健工作者 (HCW) 构成重大职业危险,针头回收是主要原因. 医疗机构必须优先考虑员工安全,并培养报告和预防的文化.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
- 医疗保健安全 医疗保健安全
背景情况:
- 尖物体伤害是医疗保健工作者 (HCWs) 的普遍职业危险,导致潜在的暴露在血液传播的病原体.
- 在约旦,对尖物体伤害的研究有限,特别是在护士和护理学生之外的HCW方面.
- 了解这些伤害的原因和后果对于实施有效的预防策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查约旦一家医院的HCW中利物体伤害的发生率,原因和后果.
- 识别高风险程序和受影响的人口统计数据,以告知有针对性的安全干预措施.
- 突出报告和预防在减轻职业危险方面的重要性.
主要方法:
- 一个回顾性,基于机构的,横截面图表分析报告的尖物体伤害.
- 从受伤报告表中提取的数据,用于2018年至2023年期间发生的病例.
- 遵守伦理准则,包括赫尔辛基宣言和HIPAA.
主要成果:
- 共有146名高压工人报告受伤,总体患病率为11.83%.
- 医生 (28.08%) 和护士 (26.02%) 受影响最多. 针头回收 (36.30%) 和医疗废物处理 (21.92%) 是主要原因.
- 左手是受伤最常见的身体部位 (56.84%). 没有记录任何血清转化.
结论:
- 尖物体伤害仍然是医院员工面临的重大威胁,带有直接伤害和长期健康后果的风险.
- 医疗机构必须解决根本原因,促进报告,并实施强有力的预防策略,以提高工作人员的安全.
- 报告不足受到时间限制,对后果的恐惧和受伤的无意义感的影响,需要一个支持性的报告环境.
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