Assessment of the risk of needlestick injuries associated with intravitreal injections
| Autor: | Arash Mozayan, Michael J. Koenig, Sanket U. Shah, Yann Dacquay, Jean-Pierre Hubschman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
medicine.medical_specialty Drug Compounding Angiogenesis Inhibitors Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized Risk Assessment Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans Needlestick Injuries Syringe Drug Labeling Bevacizumab Injection business.industry Syringes General Medicine Off-Label Use Health Surveys United States Bevacizumab Ophthalmology Cross-Sectional Studies Compounding Emergency medicine Intravitreal Injections business |
| Zdroj: | Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.). 34(4) |
| ISSN: | 1539-2864 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE To assess the overall risk of needlestick injuries (NSIs) associated with intravitreal injection, and more specifically related to the practice of compounding pharmacies of applying informational adhesive stickers to repackaged bevacizumab injection syringes. METHODS This cross-sectional study involved an online survey of retina specialists in the United States. RESULTS Of the 717 invited retina specialists, 158 (22%) responded to the online survey. The respondents reported using 1 pair of gloves (51%), no gloves (46%), or 2 pairs of gloves (3%) during intravitreal injection. Repackaged bevacizumab syringes distributed by compounding pharmacy were used by 89% of the respondents, and 63% reported that the adhesive sticker was applied directly to the syringe. Unintentional adhesion between the sticker and hand or glove was experienced by 9% of respondents. At least 1 NSI during intravitreal injection was experienced by 8% of respondents, and sticker-related injury was reported by 3%. The sticker was perceived to increase risk for NSI by 33% of respondents. CONCLUSION This survey showed that 8% of the responding physicians surveyed have experienced at least one NSI during intravitreal injections, of which approximately one third was attributed to the adhesive sticker. Direct application of misfitting stickers to repackaged syringes by compounding pharmacies may be a practice that can aggravate the risk of NSI. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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