School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Department of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine, School of Pharmacy, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 4;12(1):e058048. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058048.
The formation, modification and implementation of occupational health and safety policy for the Ghana healthcare industry hinge on data and reviews on occupational exposures. However, there is no synthesised review to speak to the issues of these occupational exposures. A scoping review on occupational exposures among the health workforce in Ghana will provide a broad overview of exposures, and can guide and assist in making decisions on occupational health issues relating to healthcare workers.
Arksey and O'Malley's scoping review methodology framework will guide the conduct of this scoping review. Primary research studies, government documents and other information on occupational exposures among healthcare workers published in the English language will be retrieved from databases including PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, Scopus, PsycINFO and Google scholar. A systematic search strategy will be employed to identify articles from 1 January 2010 until 30 November 2021. Also, grey literature sources in Ghana including government and tertiary institutions websites will be searched. A reference list of key studies and other available non-electronic materials will also be screened to identify relevant studies for inclusion. The review will consider studies that address prevalence, knowledge and predisposing factors of occupational exposures along with the use of occupational hazards control/preventive measures. After removal of duplicates, and title and abstract screening, relevant articles will be subjected to full-text analysis. The screening processes will be conducted independently by two reviewers. Data will then be extracted and presented in tabular form with a narrative to aid easy comprehension.
This scoping review does not require ethical approval. The findings will be disseminated through publications, conference presentations and stakeholder meetings.
加纳医疗保健行业的职业健康和安全政策的制定、修改和实施取决于职业暴露的数据和审查。然而，目前还没有综合审查来解决这些职业暴露问题。对加纳卫生工作者职业暴露情况进行范围界定审查，将提供对暴露情况的广泛概述，并可以为与医护人员相关的职业健康问题的决策提供指导和帮助。
阿特赛和奥马利的范围界定审查方法框架将指导本次范围界定审查的进行。将从包括 PubMed、CINAHL、Embase、MEDLINE、Scopus、PsycINFO 和谷歌学术在内的数据库中检索以英文发表的关于医护人员职业暴露的原始研究、政府文件和其他信息。将采用系统搜索策略从 2010 年 1 月 1 日至 2021 年 11 月 30 日期间确定文章。此外，还将搜索加纳的灰色文献来源，包括政府和高等教育机构网站。还将筛选关键研究的参考文献列表和其他可用的非电子材料，以确定纳入的相关研究。该审查将考虑研究职业暴露的流行率、知识和促成因素，以及职业危害控制/预防措施的使用。在去除重复项以及标题和摘要筛选之后，将对相关文章进行全文分析。筛选过程将由两名评审员独立进行。然后将以表格形式提取和呈现数据，并以叙述方式辅助易于理解。
本次范围界定审查不需要伦理批准。研究结果将通过出版物、会议报告和利益相关者会议进行传播。
