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한정석 ( ) - 연세대학교
박태선 ( ) - 연세대학교
김혜숙 ( ) - 연세대학교
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Abstract
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A study to identify an occupational hazards for hospital working health care providers from needle stick injury as an occupational hazards of health care providers in hospital and prevention
A survey of 2430 health professionals (2184 nurses, 182 doctors, and 64 Lab technicians) was conducted to describe and provide information about 1) the experience of needle stick. 2) the number of needle stick. 3) the treatment after needle
stick.
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the situation of needle stick. 4) the report of needle stick. 5) the cause of needle stick. 6) the discard method of used needles. And 7) how to worry about getting infection disease after needle stick.
Data were collected using questionnarires constructed by the authors and tested by a pilot study.
Results of the study showed that 96.7% of the sample had an experience of needle stick (96.8% of the nurses. 96.7% of the doctors. And 92.2% of Lab technicians). Seventy seven percent of the sample experienced less than 10 needle sticks, 19% of
the
sample experienced 11 to 20 needle sticks. And the rest of the sample experienced more than 20 needle sticks. The situations where needle sticks occurred include intrvenous injection (36.5%), intramuscular injection (21.6%), blood withdraw
(17.8%),
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preparation(11.8%). The study showed that needle sticks (67.5%) usually occurred after client treatment. Health professionals used recapping method (55%) after they used needles. Needle sticks were predominantly caused by the carelessness of
health
professionals (61%). After needle sticks. 88.2% of thesample subjects treated needle sticks using disinfection technique by themselves. Most of health professionals (92.6%) did not report the accident, and 95.6% of them did not receive any test
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further treatment. After needle sticks. 87.8% of nurses. 83.6% of doctors, and 96.6% of lab technicians worried about hepatitis infection. Health professionals also worried about AIDS infection. Tetanus. Venereal infection, and skin injury.
These findings suggest that health professionals are at high-risk of needle stick and fail to report needle stick accidents. They should pay more attention to needle stick in order to avoid unwanted infection.
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KeyWords
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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