College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts.
J Occup Environ Med. 2017 Nov;59(11):1072-1077. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001160.
To evaluate all available literature and develop a pooled estimate of the risk of sharps injuries (SI) among home care (HC) nurses and aides.
A systematic literature search was conducted and relevant articles were reviewed following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Primary outcome data from studies identified by the systematic review were pooled using a random effects model to calculate a summary measure of SI risk for nurses and for aides.
Five articles were included in the final analysis. Nurses had a 5.25% weighted average risk of experiencing at least one SI in the past year while working in HC (95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.11% to 7.40%); aides pooled SI risk was 1.74% (95% CI: 0.72% to 2.77%).
Combining findings of all available studies demonstrates that there is a serious risk of SI among both the HC nurses and aides.
评估所有现有文献,汇总家庭护理护士和助手发生锐器伤 (SI) 的风险。
按照系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目 (PRISMA) 指南进行系统文献检索,并对相关文章进行了回顾。使用随机效应模型对系统评价中确定的研究的主要结局数据进行汇总,以计算护士和助手的 SI 风险的综合指标。
最终分析纳入了 5 篇文章。护士在家庭护理中工作时,过去一年中至少发生一次 SI 的加权平均风险为 5.25%(95%置信区间:3.11%至 7.40%);助手的锐器伤风险汇总为 1.74%(95%置信区间:0.72%至 2.77%)。
综合所有可用研究的结果表明,家庭护理护士和助手均存在严重的 SI 风险。