ASSESSMENT OF SAFE INJECTION PRACTICES AND NEEDLESTICK INJURY AMONG NURSING STUDENTS AT MANSOURA UNIVERSITY | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 5, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 59-76 PDF (469.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2021.179797 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Somia Ibrahim; Nagwa Salem; Sahar Soliman | ||
| Community Health Nursing department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Injections are the most common health care procedure worldwide.Risk of unsafe injection exposed health care providers to needle-stick injury that constitute a major hazard for the transmission of bloodborne diseases.The establishment of "Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN)" was a milestone towards safe injection practice globally. Safe injection is a vital component of infection prevention process without which many patients are at risk of being exposed to several non-curable and curable infectious diseases.This study aimed to assess nursingstudents' knowledge, practices, and attitude regarding safe injection practices and needlestick injury.A cross sectional study design was utilized to accomplish this study.Convenience sampling technique of community health nursing students were included in the sample.The study results revealed that the prevalence rate of needlestick injury (NSI)was 52.1% of among the studentsthrough last three levels of their academic study. The majority of the studied students had lack of knowledge and improperpractice regarding safe injection practices and needlestick injury.Conclusion: needle stick injuries was prevalent among more than half of studied nursing students. Majority of the nursing students had a poor score level of knowledge and improper practice regarding safe injection practices and needlestick injury.Finally, it is recommended continuous health education program and training courses regarding safe injection practices prior to starting clinical practice. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| attitude; knowledge; needlestick injury; nursing students; practice; safe injection practices | ||
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