Prevalence and causes of unreported needle stick injuries among health care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

IF 3 4区医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Reviews on Environmental Health Pub Date : 2023-03-28 DOI:10.1515/reveh-2021-0148

Razieh Behzadmehr, Abbas Balouchi, Mehran Hesaraki, Farshid Alazmani Noodeh, Hosein Rafiemanesh, Abdulqadir J Nashwan, Fateme Behmaneshpour, Maliheh Rahdar, Majid Dastres, Shahaboddin Atharyan, Maryam Jahantigh, Frood Malekshahi

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Abstract

Objectives: Health care workers (HCWs) are exposed to needle needles daily. Despite individual studies, there is no statistics on the prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries (NSIs) have been reported. This study was performed to determine the prevalence and causes of unreported NSIs among HCWs.

Content: In present systematic review and meta-analysis study, three international databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed) were searched from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2018. The random model was used to determine the prevalence of unreported needle stick among HCWs.

Summary and outlook: Forty-one studies performed on 19,635 health care workers entered the final stage. Based-on random effect model, pooled prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries was 59.9% (95% CI: 52.0, 67.7; I2=98.9%). The most common cause of unreported NSIs was: They were not worried about NSIs (n=12). The high prevalence of unreported needle sticks injuries indicates the urgency and necessity of paying attention to strategies to improve reporting among health workers.

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卫生保健工作者中未报告的针刺伤的患病率和原因:系统回顾和荟萃分析。

目的:卫生保健工作者(HCWs)每天都暴露于针头。尽管有单独的研究，但没有关于未报告的针头刺伤(nsi)发生率的统计数据。本研究旨在确定卫生保健工作者中未报告的nsi的患病率和原因。内容:本系统综述和荟萃分析研究检索了Web of Science、Scopus、PubMed三个国际数据库，检索时间为2000年1月1日至2018年12月31日。采用随机模型确定卫生保健工作者中未报告的扎针率。总结与展望:对19635名卫生保健工作者进行的41项研究进入最后阶段。基于随机效应模型，未报告的针刺伤总发生率为59.9% (95% CI: 52.0, 67.7;I2 = 98.9%)。未报告的nsi最常见的原因是:他们不担心nsi (n=12)。未报告的针扎伤发生率很高，这表明迫切需要关注改善卫生工作者报告情况的战略。

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