ABSTRACT
In a study of injection safety in Abha health district, Saudi Arabia, data were collected from 47 physicians and 85 nurses at 24 primary health care centres, using an observation checklist and an interview questionnaire. All centres used individually packed disposable syringes and puncture-proof containers to collect used needles. Needlestick injury in the previous year was reported by 14.9% of physicians and 16.5% of nurses (0.21 and 0.38 injuries/person/year respectively). Logistic regression analysis identified recapping the needle after use (physicians and nurses) and bending the needle before disposal (physicians) as significant risk factors for injury.
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Needlestick Injuries , Occupational Health , Primary Health Care , Safety Management/organization & administration , Accidents, Occupational/prevention & control , Accidents, Occupational/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Attitude of Health Personnel , Disposable Equipment , Female , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Logistic Models , Male , Medical Staff/education , Medical Staff/psychology , Medical Waste Disposal/methods , Middle Aged , Multivariate Analysis , Needlestick Injuries/epidemiology , Needlestick Injuries/etiology , Needlestick Injuries/prevention & control , Nursing Staff/education , Nursing Staff/psychology , Primary Health Care/organization & administration , Risk Factors , Saudi Arabia/epidemiology , Surveys and Questionnaires , SyringesABSTRACT
In a study of injection safety in Abha health district, Saudi Arabia, data were collected from 47 physicians and 85 nurses at 24 primary health care centres, using an observation checklist and an interview questionnaire. All centres used individually packed disposable syringes and puncture-proof containers to collect used needles. Needlestick injury in the previous year was reported by 14.9% of physicians and 16.5% of nurses [0.21 and 0.38 injuries/person/year respectively]. Logistic regression analysis identified recapping the needle after use [physicians and nurses] and bending the needle before disposal [physicians] as significant risk factors for injury
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Safety , Primary Health Care , Surveys and Questionnaires , Needlestick Injuries , Risk Factors , Physicians , Nurses , InjectionsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to display the quality of the clinical notes at Abha Psychiatric Hospital out-patient clinics. METHODS: In this chart review study, a total of 380 charts were randomly collected, and reviewed for the clinical items that should be included in the psychiatric clinical notes. Each chart note quality was indicated as good, fair or poor based on means and standard deviations. RESULTS: The quality of clinical notes was good in 16.3%, fair in 71.1% and poor in 12.6% of the total records. The most frequent clearly present items were medications (92.1%), and personal data (91.1%); while the most frequent clearly absent items were psychotherapy (90.8%), and functioning (80.8%). CONCLUSION: The quality of psychiatric clinical notes needs to be improved. Practical recommendations regarding this were stressed.