title: Hospital safety climate, psychosocial risk factors and needlestick injuries in Japan.
abstract: To investigate the interactions between safety climate, psychosocial issues and Needlestick and Sharps Injuries (NSI), a cross-sectional study was undertaken among nurses at a university teaching hospital in Japan (89% response rate). NSI were correlated with various aspects of hospital safety climate including supporting one another at work, the protection of staff against blood-borne diseases being a high management priority, managers doing their part to protect staff from blood-borne disease, having unsafe work practices corrected by supervisors, having the opportunity to use safety equipment to protect against blood-borne disease exposures, having an uncluttered work area, and having minimal conflict within their department. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated the importance of hospital safety climate in Japanese health care practice, particularly its relationship with NSI. Although the provision of safer devices remains critical in preventing injuries, ensuring a positive safety climate will also be essential in meeting these important challenges for nurses' occupational health.
authors.affiliation: WorkCover New South Wales Research Centre of Excellence, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah 2258, Australia. derek.smith@newcastle.edu.au
authors.forename: Derek R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muto
authors.forename: Toshimi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sairenchi
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Shizue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sayama
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Townley-Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011584:Psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires