Needle Stick Injuries among Healthcare Waste Handlers in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi
Journal Title: Epidemiology International - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: World Health Organization (WHO) reports in the World Health Report 2002 that of the 35 million HCWs, 2 million suffer percutaneous exposure to infectious diseases each year. Healthcare waste handlers who are responsible for handling and collection of healthcare wastes are vulnerable to the hazards of occupational exposure to biomedical waste (BMW) as a consequence of improper disposal practices of the waste generators. Objective: The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Needle stick injury (NSI) among the study subjects, and to study the knowledge and practice regarding Needle stick injury (NSI) among the study subjects. Methodology: A Hospital-based, cross-sectional study was conducted among healthcare waste handlers in a tertiary care hospital of Delhi. Of 390 healthcare waste handlers, 199 Bio-medical waste handlers were chosen on the basis of convenience according to their work shift. Results: Sixty two (31.1%) workers had knowledge that NSI during BMW handling can cause hepatitis and 127 (63.8%) had knowledge that it can lead to HIV infection among them. The prevalence of NSI came to be 14.6% within the past six months. Conclusion: A gap between knowledge and practice regarding action after NSI was found; therefore, measures to increase awareness are definitely required.
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Dr. Amrita Singh
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