Table 2 Sharps injury among HCP
From: Occupational exposure to sharps injury among healthcare providers in Ethiopia regional hospitals
Variables | Categories | n = 64 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Incident of sharps injury during the last 12 months | One times | 42 | 21.5 |
Two times | 18 | 9.2 | |
Three times | 3 | 1.5 | |
Incident of sharps injury during the last month | One times | 19 | 9.7 |
Not injured | 45 | 23.1 | |
Type of sharps injury | Needle sticks | 42 | 21.4 |
Glasses item | 4 | 2.1 | |
Intravenous cannula | 11 | 5.6 | |
Scalpel blade | 4 | 2.1 | |
Others | 3 | 1.5 | |
Type of sharps injury | Slight skin penetration | 15 | 7.7 |
Superficial | 46 | 23.6 | |
Mechanism of sharps injury | During recapping | 8 | 4.1 |
Sudden movement of patients | 40 | 20.5 | |
During sharp collection | 11 | 5.6 | |
Other | 5 | 2.6 | |
Part of body injured | Hand | 32 | 16.4 |
Finger | 31 | 15.9 | |
Mechanism of sharps injury inflicted | Self | 60 | 30.8 |
Non-compliant patient | 4 | 2.1 |