Prevalence and causes of unreported needle stick injuries among health care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prevalence and causes of unreported needle stick injuries among health care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Published:2021-12-17 Issue:0 Volume:0 Page:
ISSN:2191-0308
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Behzadmehr Razieh¹,Balouchi Abbas²,Hesaraki Mehran³,Alazmani Noodeh Farshid⁴,Rafiemanesh Hosein⁵⁶,J. Nashwan Abdulqadir⁷,Behmaneshpour Fateme⁸,Rahdar Maliheh⁹,Dastres Majid⁸,Atharyan Shahaboddin¹⁰,Jahantigh Maryam¹¹,Malekshahi Frood¹²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiology , Zabol University of Medical Sciences , Zabol , Iran

2. Department of Nursing , Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran

3. Pediatric Department , Zabol University of Medical Sciences , Zabol , Iran

4. Department of Critical Care Nursing , Faculty of Nursing , Aja University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran

5. Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Alborz University of Medical Sciences , Karaj , Iran

6. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Alborz University of Medical Sciences , Karaj , Iran

7. Nursing for Education and Practice Development , Hamad Medical Corporation , Doha , Qatar

8. Department of Nursing , Zahedan University of Medical Sciences , Zahedan , Iran

9. Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery , Community Nursing Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences , Zahedan , Iran

10. Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery , Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences , Iranshahr , Iran

11. Department of Nursing, School of Chabahar Nursing, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences , Chabahar , Iran

12. Medical School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran

Abstract

Abstract Objectives Health care workers (HCWs) are exposed to needle needles daily. Despite individual studies, there is no statistics on the prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries (NSIs) have been reported. This study was performed to determine the prevalence and causes of unreported NSIs among HCWs. Content In present systematic review and meta-analysis study, three international databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed) were searched from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2018. The random model was used to determine the prevalence of unreported needle stick among HCWs. Summary and outlook Forty-one studies performed on 19,635 health care workers entered the final stage. Based-on random effect model, pooled prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries was 59.9% (95% CI: 52.0, 67.7; I2=98.9%). The most common cause of unreported NSIs was: They were not worried about NSIs (n=12). The high prevalence of unreported needle sticks injuries indicates the urgency and necessity of paying attention to strategies to improve reporting among health workers.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Pollution,Health (social science)

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/reveh-2021-0148/pdf

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