Hassnain Shamaila, Hassan Zarbakht, Amjad Sehar, Zulqarnain Muhammad, Arshad Khurram, Zain Zunaira
Department of Community Health Sciences, Fatima Memorial College of Medicine & Dentistry, Lahore.
Final Year M.B,B.S. Students, Fatima Memorial College of Medicine & Dentistry, Lahore.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Dec;67(12):1874-1878.
To estimate the prevalence of needle-stick injuries in female nurses of a public and private hospital and compare the findings.
This cross-sectional study was conducted at one public and one private tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, from March to June 2015, and comprised female nurses who were selected using non-probability purposive sampling. A structured questionnaire was used to interview the subjects. Data analysis was done using SPSS 17.
Of the 386 participants, there were 193(50%) from each of the two hospitals. The prevalence of needle-stick injuries was found to be 85(44%) in public and 51(26.4%) in the private hospital. The highest proportion of injuries in both hospitals occurred while disposing or recapping needles, 36(42.4%) and 32(62.7 %) in public and private hospitals, respectively, especially in the morning shift, i.e. 42(49.4%) in public and 32(62.7%) in private hospital. Syringe needles were mostly involved, 51(60%) in public and 45(88.2%) in private hospital.
The prevalence of needle-stick injuries was higher in public hospital.
评估公立和私立医院女性护士针刺伤的发生率并比较研究结果。
本横断面研究于2015年3月至6月在巴基斯坦拉合尔的一家公立医院和一家私立三级护理医院进行，纳入的女性护士采用非概率目的抽样法选取。使用结构化问卷对研究对象进行访谈。数据分析采用SPSS 17软件。
386名参与者中，两家医院各有193名（50%）。公立医院针刺伤发生率为85例（44%），私立医院为51例（26.4%）。两家医院针刺伤比例最高的情况均发生在丢弃或重新盖帽注射器针头时，公立医院为36例（42.4%），私立医院为32例（62.7%），尤其是在早班时，公立医院为42例（49.4%），私立医院为32例（62.7%）。注射器针头造成的针刺伤最为常见，公立医院为51例（60%），私立医院为45例（88.2%）。
公立医院针刺伤的发生率更高。
