THE PREVALANCE OF NEEDLE STICK INJURY AMONG ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS IN THREE GOVREMENTAL HOSPITALS AT SAN`AA CITY 2019-2020
background: A needle stick injury is a percutaneous piercing wound typically set by a needle point but possibly also by other sharp instruments or objects commonly encountered by health care professionals because of the risk to transmitting blood borne diseases
objective: to assess the prevalence, and frequency regarding Needle Stick Injury among anesthesia providers in various hospitals at Sanaa city.
Methods: across-sectional study, conducted in five governmental hospitals at Sanaa city. based observational method, data was collected and statistically analyzed.
Results: the study included 64 anesthesia personnel, the mean age was 34.42 years ± 9.95, where 90.6% of the anesthesia workers were male, and 9.4% were female. 34.4% had finished high school diploma, 25 % had finished BSc degree in anesthesia, while 18.8% were anesthesiologists (board degree in anesthesia), and 12.5% had finished MSc degree in anesthesia, and the remaining 9.4% were anesthesia consultants. It was observed that 39.1% had an experience of more than 15 years in the field of anesthesia, while 29.7% of participants had five to ten years' experience, 17.2% had 11-15 years of experience in anesthesia, and finally 14.1% had less than five years of experience. The frequency of needle stick injury incidence was 6.20 ± 6.24annually, where 23.4% of participants had no experience of any needle stick injury during the last year, 42.2% anesthesia providers had less or equal that six-time exposure per year, and 34.4% had more than six-time needle prick annually. the immunization status, which pointed that 37 person of them ( 57.8%), were not vaccinated and 27 person (42.2%), were already vaccinated before the study.
Conclusion: The study demonstrated a relatively high prevalence of NSIs among anesthesia providers working at operation rooms.
According to our results, despite the high prevalence none of the participants was infected to any of blood born disease that maybe transmitted by a needle pricked. It was observed that a significant relationship was found between incidence of NSIs and the hospitals where anesthesia providers working at. Prevention of NSI is an integral part of prevention programs in the work place, and training of HCWs regarding safety practices are essentially need to be an ongoing activity at a hospital.
objective: to assess the prevalence, and frequency regarding Needle Stick Injury among anesthesia providers in various hospitals at Sanaa city.
Methods: across-sectional study, conducted in five governmental hospitals at Sanaa city. based observational method, data was collected and statistically analyzed.
Results: the study included 64 anesthesia personnel, the mean age was 34.42 years ± 9.95, where 90.6% of the anesthesia workers were male, and 9.4% were female. 34.4% had finished high school diploma, 25 % had finished BSc degree in anesthesia, while 18.8% were anesthesiologists (board degree in anesthesia), and 12.5% had finished MSc degree in anesthesia, and the remaining 9.4% were anesthesia consultants. It was observed that 39.1% had an experience of more than 15 years in the field of anesthesia, while 29.7% of participants had five to ten years' experience, 17.2% had 11-15 years of experience in anesthesia, and finally 14.1% had less than five years of experience. The frequency of needle stick injury incidence was 6.20 ± 6.24annually, where 23.4% of participants had no experience of any needle stick injury during the last year, 42.2% anesthesia providers had less or equal that six-time exposure per year, and 34.4% had more than six-time needle prick annually. the immunization status, which pointed that 37 person of them ( 57.8%), were not vaccinated and 27 person (42.2%), were already vaccinated before the study.
Conclusion: The study demonstrated a relatively high prevalence of NSIs among anesthesia providers working at operation rooms.
According to our results, despite the high prevalence none of the participants was infected to any of blood born disease that maybe transmitted by a needle pricked. It was observed that a significant relationship was found between incidence of NSIs and the hospitals where anesthesia providers working at. Prevention of NSI is an integral part of prevention programs in the work place, and training of HCWs regarding safety practices are essentially need to be an ongoing activity at a hospital.