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Preventive Measures among Hospital Laboratory Employees regarding Occupational Health Hazards

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Abstract

 Background: The practices of safety measures by the clinical laboratory workers in hospitals
are necessary for the prevention of occupational hazards. Aim of the study: Was to assess preventive
measures among hospital laboratory employees regarding occupational health hazards. Research
design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in
Benha Hospitals at four laboratory departments namely; Benha University Hospitals, Fever Hospital,
Benha Teaching Hospital and Health Insurance Hospital. Sample: A convenient sample of 108
hospital laboratory employees from the previously mentioned settings were involved in the study.
Tools: Two tools were used to collect data. Tool I: A structured interviewing questionnaire to assess
laboratory employees' socio-demographic characteristics, work characteristics, knowledge about
occupational health hazards and its preventive measures. Tool II: An observational checklist for
safe laboratory environment and practices of laboratory employees regarding prevention of
occupational hazards. Results: 33.3% of the studied laboratory employees aged from 30 to less than
40 years old with mean age 32.25±5.07, 38% of them had skin inflammation, 29.6% of them
exposure to needle stick injuries. Moreover 47.2% of them had good total knowledge score while
73.1% of them had total unsatisfactory practices. Conclusion: There was a highly statistically
significant correlation between total laboratory employees' knowledge and their total practices
regarding prevention of occupational health hazards (p<0.001). Recommendations: Continuous
training courses about laboratory safety measures should be provided for laboratory employees. 

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.279982

Keywords

Clinical Laboratory Workers, Occupational hazards, Safety measures

Authors

First Name

Samar

Last Name

Ramadan El Metwaly

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Nursing Specialist in Kfer El-Shiekh General Hospital

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First Name

Nawal

Last Name

Mahmoud Soliman

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Affiliation

Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University

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First Name

Amina

Last Name

Abdel-Razek Mahmoud

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Benha University

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Volume

4

Article Issue

1

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38115

Issue Date

2023-01-01

Receive Date

2022-12-01

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

966

Page End

980

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

Article File

JNSBU_Volume 4_Issue 1_Pages 966-980.pdf

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Scientific peer reviewed journal

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1,622

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Publication Title

Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Preventive Measures among Hospital Laboratory Employees regarding Occupational Health Hazards

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23 Jan 2023