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  • Titulo Artículo: Incidence and characteristics of needlestick injuries among medical trainees at a community teaching hospital: A cross-sectional study
  • Resumen: Objectives This field study aimed to determine the incidence and distribution of needlestick injuries among medical trainees at a community teaching hospital in Toronto, Canada. Methods The study was performed during the 2013-2015 academic years at Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH), a University of Toronto-affiliated community-teaching hospital during the 20132015 academic years. Eight-hundred and forty trainees, including medical students, residents, and post-graduate fellows, were identified and invited via email to participate in an anonymous online fluidsurveys.com survey of 16 qualitative and quantitative questions. Results Three-hundred and fifty trainees responded (42% response rate). Eighty-eight (25%) respondents reported experiencing at least one injury at TEGH. In total, our survey identified 195 total injuries. Surgical trainees were significantly more likely to incur injuries than non-surgical trainees (IRR = 3.03, 95% CI 1.80-5.10). Orthopaedic surgery trainees had the highest risk of a needlestick injury, being over 12 times more likely to be injured than emergency medicine trainees (IRR = 12.4, 95% CI 2.1172.32). Only 28 of the 88 most recent needlestick injuries were reported to occupational health. Trainees reported a perception of insignificant risk, lack of resources and support for reporting, and injury stigmatization as reasons for not reporting needlestick injuries. Conclusions Needlestick injuries were a common underreported risk to medical trainees at TEGH. Future research should investigate strategies to reduce injury and improve reporting among the high-risk and reporting-averse trainees.
  • Autores: Lucy Dxli, Joanne Mount, Lauren Berry, Carmine Simone, Marcus Law, Alainna J Jamal, Ben Ouyang, .
  • Titulo Revista: Journal of Occupational Health, .
  • Numero: 1
  • Volumen:59
  • Fecha de publicación: 2017.
  • Base de Datos Bibliográfica: Otra , .
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  • Idioma: Inglés
  • Página Inicial: 63 Página Final: 73
  • ISBN: 1348-9585