Occupational Sharps and Needlestick Injuries Among Physician Residents at an Academic Medical Center.

Journal of hospital administration Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.63564/jha.v14n1p34

Alexei Krainev, Wali Jahangiri, Sofia Villaveces, Hannah Phipps, Victoria Wulsin, Kermit G Davis, Gordon Lee Gillespie

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Objective: Occupational sharps and needlestick injuries (SNSI) are a significant and persistent challenge in the U.S. healthcare work environment. With the purpose of better delineating contributing factors for a ubiquitous occupational injury among healthcare workers, we undertook a two-component study of SNSIs among physician residents and nurses at an academic medical center.

Methods: Retrospective injury data among nurses (N=58) and medical residents (N=63) were analyzed. A 35-item cross-sectional survey was used to evaluate the prevalence, non-reporting, and contributing factors among physician residents who sustained a SNSI (N=76).

Results: Physician residents had a rate of injury that was 11.0 SNSIs/100 medical residents/year compared to nurses at 3.2 SNSIs/100 nurses/year; a rate three-fold higher. Physician residents in neurosurgery, otolaryngology, OB/GYN, and general surgery reported the highest rates of injury.

Conclusions: Our results underscore the need for a more comprehensive study to better identify injury drivers specific to the operating room environment.

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某学术医疗中心住院医师的职业利器和针刺伤害。

目的：职业利器和针刺伤（SNSI）是美国医疗保健工作环境中一个重要而持久的挑战。为了更好地描述医疗工作者中普遍存在的职业伤害的影响因素，我们在一家学术医疗中心对住院医师和护士的snsi进行了一项双成分研究。方法：对58名护士和63名住院医师的伤害资料进行回顾性分析。一项35项的横断面调查被用来评估发生SNSI的住院医师的患病率、未报告情况和影响因素（N=76）。结果：住院医师的伤害率为11.0 /100名住院医师/年，而护士的伤害率为3.2 /100名护士/年；比率是原来的三倍。神经外科、耳鼻喉科、妇产科和普通外科的住院医师报告的伤害率最高。结论：我们的结果强调需要进行更全面的研究，以更好地识别手术室环境中特定的伤害驱动因素。

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