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Needle Stick Injuries among Nurses in China: Meta-analysis |
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| Creator | Dongyang Wang |
| Title | Needle Stick Injuries among Nurses in China: Meta-analysis |
| Contributor | Ruijie Yang, Hui Ma |
| Publisher | School of Health Science Mae Fah Luang University |
| Publication Year | 2562 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Health Science and Alternative Medicine |
| Journal Vol. | 1 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 24-29 |
| Keyword | Needlestick injuries, China, Nurse, Occupational exposure |
| URL Website | https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jhealthscialternmed/article/view/221182/160452 |
| ISSN | 2673-0294 (Online) |
| Abstract | Background: Needle stick injury is a common occupational injury in all clinician who are working in health care setting. It leads to increase the risk of getting blood-borne diseases infections. Nurses are the main victims of needle stick injuries among health workers, and needle stick injuries expose higher risks among them in developing countries, especially in populous countries such as China. More than half of Chinese nurses face the risk of needle stick injuries in their busy nursing work. Objective: This study aims to assess the prevalence of needle stick injuries among nurses in China in the past decade by meta-analysis. Methods: We reviewed all relevant literatures in the PubMed, Science Direct, PMC and CNKI databases and conduct meta-analysis to find the associated factors for needle injuries among the nurses. By removing duplicate articles, filtering articles by title and abstract, and filtering the article based on inclusion criteria, the number of articles that were eventually included in the study was 16 articles. Results: The results showed that the prevalence of needle stick injuries among nurses in China was 57.3% (95%CI= 0.46-0.69). The prevalence of needle stick injuries among nurses in China had declined in the past decade. Conclusion: Needle stick injuries in China could be reduced the risk by improving for the nurses particularly strengthening occupational safety training for nurses, increasing protective equipment for needle stick injuries, and optimizing the working environment of hospitals. |
