Awareness, Concerns, and Protection Strategies Against Bloodborne Viruses Among Surgeons
| Autor: | Anadel Hakeem, Shahad Alsaigh, Amairah Fahad Aloushan, Zeyad Yousef, Fatemah Saleh Bin Saleh, Amal Alasmari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Needlestick injury Hepatitis C virus Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Infectious Disease hiv 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease_cause 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine needlestick injury medicine hcv Hepatitis B virus business.industry Significant difference General Engineering Mean age HIV screening medicine.disease General Surgery Cohort hbv surgeon Preventive Medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Background: Surgeons are at high risk of contracting infectious viruses such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) through exposure to patients’ blood. The purpose of this study was to assess the surgeons’ awareness of contracting bloodborne viruses. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a questionnaire distributed to 241 surgeons at King Abdulaziz Medical City - Riyadh (KAMC-R) during the period June 2017 through January 2018. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data collected using Stata®, v14 (StataCorp LLC, College Station, Texas, USA). Categorical variables were analyzed using Pearson chi-square test. P-value of < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: A total of 241 surgeons answered the questionnaire, 179 (74.3%) surgeons were male and 62 (25.7%) were female. The mean age ± standard deviation (SD) of male surgeons was 35.8 ± 11.0 years while for females was 33.3 ± 9.1 years. The majority of our cohort were vaccinated for HBV (96% in males and 97% in females). Two-thirds of the study cohort did not know the conversion rate post-needlestick injury by HIV, HBV, and HCV. Two-thirds of the study cohort think there is a need for HIV screening before surgery. Mixed answers were received from the cohort when asked about their concern regarding contracting HIV infection from their patients; only one-third of the surgeons were extremely concerned. When asked about the risk of needlestick injury during treating patients positive for HBV, the majority of the surgeons said no. However, a significant difference between the female and male surgeons was found in which 12 of the 62 female surgeons answered yes (19.4%) compared to 11 of the 179 male surgeons (6.1%) (p = 0.002). Conclusion: The majority of our surgeons are vaccinated for HBV. However, female surgeons appear to be at higher risk of needlestick injury from HBV patients. This requires further investigation into the reasons for such high incidents. More education is needed about bloodborne viruses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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