A Follow-Back Telephone Interview Study of Work-Related Needle Stick Injuries That Were Treated in Emergency Departments (EDs)

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• Personal Author:
  Chen GX
• Description:
  To compare work-related needle stick injuries treated in hospital EDs among healthcare workers between hospitals and non-hospital settings. Telephone interviews were conducted with healthcare workers who had work-related needle stick injuries treated in hospital EDs from March 2000 to January 2002. The workers were identified through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a stratified probability sample of hospital EDs in the U.S. and its territories. Healthcare workers in non-hospital settings were over sampled in this study population. There are 383 completed interviews of healthcare workers. Of these, 78% were from hospitals and 22% from non-hospital settings which include emergency medical services, doctors= offices, nursing homes, etc. In non-hospital settings, the injuries were more likely to occur after use of the needle (84%) compared to hospitals (61%, p=0.0001). In hospitals, the needle was more likely to be held by the injured worker (66%; p=0.02) at the time of injury compared to non-hospital settings (52%). There were significant differences in worker reported use of personal protective equipment at the time of injury with 67% from non-hospital settings compared to 82% (p=0.01) from hospitals. Significantly more workers in hospitals reported that treatment procedures (94%) and bloodborne pathogen safety training (94% ) were available in their workplaces compared to non-hospital settings (79%, p<0.0001 and 86%, p=0.01 respectively). This study suggests that there are significant differences in how needle stick injuries occurred and were treated, and safety training available between hospitals and non-hospital settings. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Emergencies Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Hospitals Needlestick Injuries Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens Emergency-care Emergency-response Emergency-treatment Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Hospital-equipment Injuries Needlestick-injuries Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Work-environment

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• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024047
• Citation:
  APHA 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-13, 2002. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2002 Nov; :52435
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS/H-1811, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  gdc0@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 130th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9-13, 2002
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7bd7bfe913e624a5ee0b6b97f70c787df0ed567abbb7e58836cd79bc8e6379dbea753acac0078302f426a5fcedc5f135e8f6db1f955b51273f4ccada823c2b07
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196061/cdc_196061_DS1.pdf
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