Risk of Sharps Injuries to Home Care Nurses and Aides: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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• Personal Author:
  Brouillette NM ; Kriebel D ; Quinn, Margaret M.
• Description:
  Objective: To evaluate all available literature and develop a pooled estimate of the risk of sharps injuries (SI) among home care (HC) nurses and aides. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted and relevant articles were reviewed following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Primary outcome data from studies identified by the systematic review were pooled using a random effects model to calculate a summary measure of SI risk for nurses and for aides. Results: Five articles were included in the final analysis. Nurses had a 5.25% weighted average risk of experiencing at least one SI in the past year while working in HC (95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.11% to 7.40%); aides pooled SI risk was 1.74% (95% CI: 0.72% to 2.77%). Conclusions: Combining findings of all available studies demonstrates that there is a serious risk of SI among both the HC nurses and aides [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Health Personnel Home Care Services Needlestick Injuries Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Guidelines Health Care Workers Home Health Care Needlestick Injuries Nurses Occupational Hazards Risk Assessment Sharps Systematic Reviews
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051968
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2017 Nov; 59(11):1072-1077
• Contact Point Address:
  Margaret M. Quinn, ScD, College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854
• Email:
  Margaret_Quinn@uml.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts - Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20230831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:955fe490eeb76033ffffcd50fcf013ebf9b74ebe2f240e84a11c31935345d889c6ddad58eb877414e23b0c9132aa6213679355b5efc6f35aeb9fc3f77a140385
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211614/cdc_211614_DS1.pdf
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