Bhargava Aradhana, Mishra Bibhabati, Thakur Archana, Dogra Vinita, Loomba Poonam, Gupta Sonal
Department of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2013;26(6):549-58. doi: 10.1108/IJHCQA-04-2012-0035.
The study aims to assess healthcare workers' needle-stick injury (NSI) knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP).
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a 600-bedded hospital throughout six months. The data were collected using an anonymous, self-reporting questionnaire. Participants were various healthcare workers (HCW) drawn through stratified random sampling and their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding NSI were assessed.
There is significant difference in the mean knowledge, attitude and practice scores among healthcare workers. Even though scores are better for doctors and nurses, practice scores were better for technical staff. Healthcare workers, who had better practice scores, had suffered fewer NSIs. Since this study is a cross-sectional, the population's NSI incidence could not be calculated.
This study emphasizes that applying knowledge to practice is required to prevent NSIs. Various recommendations to help prevent and deal with NSIs are made.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This study analyses healthcare workers' NSI knowledge, attitude and practices, and also assesses their correlation with NSI incidence, which has not been done previously.
本研究旨在评估医护人员的针刺伤（NSI）知识、态度和行为（KAP）。
设计/方法/途径：在一家拥有600张床位的医院进行了为期六个月的横断面研究。通过使用匿名的自填式问卷收集数据。参与者是通过分层随机抽样抽取的各类医护人员（HCW），并对他们关于针刺伤的知识、态度和行为进行了评估。
医护人员在平均知识、态度和行为得分上存在显著差异。尽管医生和护士的得分较高，但技术人员的行为得分更高。行为得分较高的医护人员遭受的针刺伤较少。由于本研究是横断面研究，因此无法计算该人群的针刺伤发生率。
本研究强调预防针刺伤需要将知识应用于实践。提出了各种有助于预防和处理针刺伤的建议。
原创性/价值：本研究分析了医护人员的针刺伤知识、态度和行为，并评估了它们与针刺伤发生率的相关性，这在以前尚未进行过。
