Understanding the hospital sharps injury reporting pathway
Auteur Leslie I. Boden
Auteur Yolanta V. Petrofsky
Auteur Karen Hopcia
Auteur Gregory R. Wagner
Auteur Dean Hashimoto
Publication American Journal of Industrial Medicine
ISSN 1097-0274
Date Oct 10, 2014
Résumé BACKGROUND: Patient-care workers are frequently exposed to sharps injuries, which can involve the risk of serious illness. Underreporting of these injuries can compromise prevention efforts. METHODS: We linked survey responses of 1,572 non-physician patient-care workers with the Occupational Health Services (OHS) database at two academic hospitals. We determined whether survey respondents who said they had sharps injuries indicated that they had reported them and whether reported injuries were recorded in the OHS database. RESULTS: Respondents said that they reported 62 of 78 sharps injuries occurring over a 12-month period. Only 28 appeared in the OHS data. Safety practices were positively associated with respondents’ saying they reported sharps injuries but not with whether reported injuries appeared in the OHS data. CONCLUSIONS: Administrators should consider creating reporting mechanisms that are simpler and more direct. Administrators and researchers should attempt to understand how incidents might be lost before they are recorded.
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doi:10.1002/ajim.22392
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