title: [Analysis of needlestick and sharps injuries among medical staff in upper first-class hospital].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the incidence of needlestick and sharps injuries among the medical staff in an upper first-class hospital and its risk factors and to provide a basis for the infection control department of hospital and health administration department to establish the policies for safe injection.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire survey was conducted in 800 healthcare professionals in an upper first-class hospital in Nanjing, China to investigate the incidence of needlestick and sharps injuries in the past year. A total of 641 persons completed the questionnaire, including 239 doctors, 348 nurses, and 54 other healthcare workers. The obtained data were subjected to chi-square test and logistic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Needlestick and sharps injuries occurred in 373 of 641 healthcare professionals, with an incidence rate of 58.19%. There were significant differences in the incidence of needlestick and sharps injuries among the medical staff of different types or in different departments (P < 0.01). The syringe needles, glass, scalp infusion needles, and suture needles were the major medical apparatus that caused needlestick and sharps injuries; the incidence rate of injury caused by suture needles in doctors (48.21%) was significantly higher than that in nurses (6.72%) (P < 0.01), and the incidence rates of injuries caused by syringe needles, scalp infusion needles, and glass in nurses (71.15%, 59.68%, and 49.04%) were significantly higher than those in doctors (46.43%, 6.25%, and 16.96%) (P < 0.01); compared with nurses, the doctors had higher incidence rates of injuries due to body fluid or tissue sample collection, wound flushing, suture, and cutting (P < 0.05); compared with doctors, the nurses had higher incidence rates of injuries due to injection, intravenous infusion, heparin cap sealing, intravenous infusion line connection, and venous or arterial blood collection (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Needlestick and sharps injuries are common in medical staff. The results of the study on risk factors provide a basis for the infection control department of hospital and health administration department to establish the policies for safe injection.
authors: School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
authors: Yue
authors: Y
authors: Gu
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Chen
authors: Ke-ping
authors: KP
authors: Cheng
authors: Zhi-bin
authors: ZB
authors: Tu
authors: Xu-jun
authors: XJ
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires