Observational studyBMJ open2017
Sharp instrument injuries among hospital healthcare workers in mainland China: a cross-sectional study.
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- Sharp injuries to blood-borne pathogens among healthcare workers and influencing factors in a tertiary specialist hospital (2019-2022): a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens among health workers at a tertiary hospital in China during 2016-2022: multi-round evaluation of comprehensive intervention.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Assessment of operating room nurses' exposure to biological hazards: development and psychometric evaluation of a scale.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Analysis of characteristic and postexposure practices of occupational blood and body fluid exposures among health care workers in Chinese tertiary hospitals: a retrospective ten-year study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Occupational Exposure to Sharp Object Injuries Among Healthcare Workers in Dammam and Jeddah Hospitals, Saudi Arabia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- A large-scale survey on epidemiology and underreporting of needlestick and sharp injuries among healthcare workers in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Flexor tendon laceration of the hand from opening a glass ampoule.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
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- Stress and Coping in Nurses Taking Care of People Living with HIV in Hunan, China: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Article
- Needlestick and sharps injuries in an Indonesian tertiary teaching hospital from 2014 to 2017: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2020Article
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10 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the prevalence of sharp instrument injuries in hospital-based healthcare workers (HCWs) in mainland China and the contributing factors.
designCross-sectional study.
settingThe data were derived from public hospitals.
participantsA total of 360 hospitals were recruited in the study, including 289 general hospitals and 71 specialised hospitals. Among them, 194 are tertiary-level hospitals and 166 are secondary level. The study population finally consisted of 223 149 hospital HCWs. PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: A questionnaire was designed based on the aim of the study. Profession of HCWs, workplace, circumstance and medical apparatus and instrument were covered in the survey. HCWs completed a self-administered questionnaire regarding details of sharp instrument injuries within the previous month. Prevalence estimates for the injuries were calculated for the overall HCWs and for subgroups according to profession, workplace, circumstance or instrument.
resultsWithin the included HCWs, the prevalence of sharp instrument injuries was 0.08 per person-month. Only 4.6% of the HCWs reported to their hospitals after injury. The highest number of injuries occurred in nursing staff (10.3%). Injuries took place most frequently on general wards (44.5%). The circumstances that involved most frequent injuries include surgical needle insertion, removing an arteriovenous needle from a patient and recapping the needle. Single-use syringe caused more injuries incidents than other instruments.
conclusionsThese results indicate that sharp instrument injuries have become a major occupational problem of HCWs in mainland China. Attentions need to be paid to the issue and strategies for preventing such injuries are needed.
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