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Occupational exposure to sharp injuries among health care providers in Beni-Suef University Hospital

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Academic medicine

Abstract

Background: Sharps injury exposure at health-care facilities is regarded as a serious health risk that can result in blood-borne diseases. Worldwide, occupational exposures are frequent, and it's thought that 40–75% of injuries are not recorded. Objectives: This study set out to identify the risk factors for sharp injuries among HCWs working at Beni-Suef University Hospital as well as the prevalence of such injuries during the previous 12 months. Methods: This research was across-sectional analytical study. The study's target population was all of the medical staff at Beni-Suef University Hospital (physicians and nurses from all departments, laboratory and radiology technicians, and waste disposal workers). To collect data, a self-administered structured questionnaire in Arabic was created. The questionnaire was divided into three sections: (participants' sociodemographic characteristics; risk factors for sharps injuries; and frequency of exposure to sharps injuries at the university hospital of Beni-Suef). Results: 54.4% of people had been exposed to a sharps injury in the previous year, according to this survey. Recommendations: It is advised to strictly observe HCWs while they are at work, provide future training to HCWs on safe injection techniques, and continuously check to see if HCWs are adhering to standard precautions and safe injection techniques. Onboarding programs and information sessions must be offered, as well as at suitable intervals.

DOI

10.21608/ejmr.2023.197097.1355

Keywords

Occupational, sharps injury, Healthcare workers, needlestick injury, healthcare providers

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Motawea

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Department of public health and community medicine, faculty of medicine Beni-Suef university, Egypt

Email

mohamed.raafat@med.bsu.edu.eg

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First Name

Heba

Last Name

Elareed

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Department of public health and community medicine, faculty of medicine Beni-Suef university, Egypt

Email

dr_heba_alareed@yahoo.com

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Orcid

-

First Name

Doaa

Last Name

Khalil

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of public health and community medicine, faculty of medicine Beni-Suef university, Egypt

Email

doaamahmoud@med.bsu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-9003-0136

First Name

Ekram

Last Name

Elshabrawy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of public health and community medicine, faculty of medicine Beni-Suef university, Egypt

Email

dr_ekram_elshabrawy@yahoo.com

City

cairo

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Volume

5

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

49241

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2023-02-28

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Print ISSN

2682-4396

Online ISSN

2682-440X

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https://ejmr.journals.ekb.eg/article_391441.html

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391,441

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Original Article

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1,224

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Medical Research

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https://ejmr.journals.ekb.eg/

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Occupational exposure to sharp injuries among health care providers in Beni-Suef University Hospital

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25 Dec 2024