Incidence and characteristics of needlestick injuries among medical trainees at a community teaching hospital: A cross‐sectional study
| Autor: | Marcus Law, Rw Melissa Tai, Lucy Dx Li, Lauren Berry, Carmine Simone, Ben Ouyang, Joanne Mount, Alainna J Jamal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical Cross-sectional study Needlestick injury education 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Occupational safety and health Teaching hospital 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Field Study medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Needlestick injuries General hospital Hospitals Teaching Ontario Response rate (survey) Occupational health business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Occupational Injuries Cross-Sectional Studies Medical Education Family medicine Orthopedic surgery Medical Student Female Safety business Medical residency |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Occupational Health |
| ISSN: | 1348-9585 1341-9145 |
| DOI: | 10.1539/joh.15-0253-fs |
| Popis: | Objectives This field study aimed to determine the incidence and distribution of needlestick injuries among medical trainees at a community teaching hospital in Toronto, Canada. Methods The study was performed during the 2013-2015 academic years at Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH), a University of Toronto-affiliated community-teaching hospital during the 2013-2015 academic years. Eight-hundred and forty trainees, including medical students, residents, and post-graduate fellows, were identified and invited via email to participate in an anonymous online fluidsurveys.com survey of 16 qualitative and quantitative questions. Results Three-hundred and fifty trainees responded (42% response rate). Eighty-eight (25%) respondents reported experiencing at least one injury at TEGH. In total, our survey identified 195 total injuries. Surgical trainees were significantly more likely to incur injuries than non-surgical trainees (IRR = 3.03, 95% CI 1.80-5.10). Orthopaedic surgery trainees had the highest risk of a needlestick injury, being over 12 times more likely to be injured than emergency medicine trainees (IRR = 12.4, 95% CI 2.11-72.32). Only 28 of the 88 most recent needlestick injuries were reported to occupational health. Trainees reported a perception of insignificant risk, lack of resources and support for reporting, and injury stigmatization as reasons for not reporting needlestick injuries. Conclusions Needlestick injuries were a common underreported risk to medical trainees at TEGH. Future research should investigate strategies to reduce injury and improve reporting among the high-risk and reporting-averse trainees. |
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