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Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers are at high risk of infection from blood‐borne pathogens, such as Hepatitis B and C Virus, and Human Immunodeficiency. Occupational exposure to needle‐stick injuries (NSIs) continue to have a major health problem in the healthcare systems of developing countries. Thus,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33314610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12179 |
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author | Mengistu, Dechasa Adare Tolera, Sina Temesgen |
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description | BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers are at high risk of infection from blood‐borne pathogens, such as Hepatitis B and C Virus, and Human Immunodeficiency. Occupational exposure to needle‐stick injuries (NSIs) continue to have a major health problem in the healthcare systems of developing countries. Thus, this review article aimed to provide the evidence on the prevalence of NSI and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries. METHODS: The studies published from 2012 to 2019 were identified through systematic searches of electronic databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus, Med Nar, and Science Direct. The MeSH terms and/or keywords was used in conjunction with “AND” or “OR” (Boolean logic operators). All identified keywords and an index terms were checked across the included databases. Assessment and evaluation were taken to confirm the quality and relevance of the included articles, followed by extraction and analysis of data. RESULT: Overall, 2021 articles were identified using specified search terms from the initial searches of the literature (2012‐2019). A total of 13 articles met eligibility criteria were included in the review. Among 6513 participants, 1009 and 2201 participants involved to determine 1‐year and throughout career prevalence, respectively. The prevalence of NSI ranged from 19.9% to 54.0% with an overall prevalence of 35.7% and 38.5 to 100% with an overall prevalence of 64.1% in the previous 1 year and throughout career, respectively. Sex, workload, needle recapping, overuse of injection, and practice of universal precautions, training, occupation, working experience, and personal protective equipment were among the factors associated with the prevalence of NSIs in developing countries. CONCLUSION: The review indicated that NSIs have been identified as one of the most serious issues that affect the health and well‐being of healthcare workers in the majority of healthcare systems of developing countries. There is a need to apply safety practices or other measures to reduce the risk of NSIs. |
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spelling | pubmed-77333902020-12-16 Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review Mengistu, Dechasa Adare Tolera, Sina Temesgen J Occup Health Review Articles BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers are at high risk of infection from blood‐borne pathogens, such as Hepatitis B and C Virus, and Human Immunodeficiency. Occupational exposure to needle‐stick injuries (NSIs) continue to have a major health problem in the healthcare systems of developing countries. Thus, this review article aimed to provide the evidence on the prevalence of NSI and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries. METHODS: The studies published from 2012 to 2019 were identified through systematic searches of electronic databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus, Med Nar, and Science Direct. The MeSH terms and/or keywords was used in conjunction with “AND” or “OR” (Boolean logic operators). All identified keywords and an index terms were checked across the included databases. Assessment and evaluation were taken to confirm the quality and relevance of the included articles, followed by extraction and analysis of data. RESULT: Overall, 2021 articles were identified using specified search terms from the initial searches of the literature (2012‐2019). A total of 13 articles met eligibility criteria were included in the review. Among 6513 participants, 1009 and 2201 participants involved to determine 1‐year and throughout career prevalence, respectively. The prevalence of NSI ranged from 19.9% to 54.0% with an overall prevalence of 35.7% and 38.5 to 100% with an overall prevalence of 64.1% in the previous 1 year and throughout career, respectively. Sex, workload, needle recapping, overuse of injection, and practice of universal precautions, training, occupation, working experience, and personal protective equipment were among the factors associated with the prevalence of NSIs in developing countries. CONCLUSION: The review indicated that NSIs have been identified as one of the most serious issues that affect the health and well‐being of healthcare workers in the majority of healthcare systems of developing countries. There is a need to apply safety practices or other measures to reduce the risk of NSIs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7733390/ /pubmed/33314610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12179 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Articles Mengistu, Dechasa Adare Tolera, Sina Temesgen Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review |
title | Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review |
title_full | Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review |
title_short | Prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: Systematic review |
title_sort | prevalence of occupational exposure to needle‐stick injury and associated factors among healthcare workers of developing countries: systematic review |
topic | Review Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733390/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33314610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12179 |
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