Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia

This study aims to shed lights on the knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in Saudi Arabia using a King Fahd Hospital, the largest hospital in the country as a case study. The main objectives of study are (1) to assess the status of...

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Main Author:	Awadh, Al Johani Abdulrahman
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Medical Staff Hospital - ethics Equipment and Supplies - standards Safety Management
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75274/1/FPSK%28M%29%202016%2011%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.752742019-10-17T07:46:28Z Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia 2016-09 Awadh, Al Johani Abdulrahman This study aims to shed lights on the knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in Saudi Arabia using a King Fahd Hospital, the largest hospital in the country as a case study. The main objectives of study are (1) to assess the status of knowledge, staff attitude, precautionary measure and compliance with needle safety precautions, (2) study the relationship between the four dimensions, (3) identify the differences in four dimensions by the demographic factors (gender, job function, and experience) and lastly (4) to suggest practical solution for the needle stick and sharps injuries (NSSI) elimination. Results showed that 247 respondents achieved high level in terms of knowledge, precautionary measures and compliance with needle safety precautions while staff attitude achieved above average. Only precautionary measures were found to significantly influence compliance with needle safety precautions, in which higher precautionary measure, resulted in higher compliance with needle safety precautions. Level of knowledge showed significant differences for the interaction of gender and job function. Staff attitude showed significant differences for the interaction of gender and job function, and gender and experience. Precautionary measures showed significant differences for interaction of gender and experience. Lastly, based on the current status of knowledge, staff attitude, precautionary measure and compliance with needle safety precautions, study suggest the implementation of engineering control and elimination or substitution control will be more effective to deal with NSSI. Medical Staff, Hospital - ethics Equipment and Supplies - standards Safety Management 2016-09 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75274/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75274/1/FPSK%28M%29%202016%2011%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Medical Staff, Hospital - ethics Equipment and Supplies - standards Safety Management
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English
topic	Medical Staff Hospital - ethics Equipment and Supplies - standards Safety Management
spellingShingle	Medical Staff Hospital - ethics Equipment and Supplies - standards Safety Management Awadh, Al Johani Abdulrahman Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia
description	This study aims to shed lights on the knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in Saudi Arabia using a King Fahd Hospital, the largest hospital in the country as a case study. The main objectives of study are (1) to assess the status of knowledge, staff attitude, precautionary measure and compliance with needle safety precautions, (2) study the relationship between the four dimensions, (3) identify the differences in four dimensions by the demographic factors (gender, job function, and experience) and lastly (4) to suggest practical solution for the needle stick and sharps injuries (NSSI) elimination. Results showed that 247 respondents achieved high level in terms of knowledge, precautionary measures and compliance with needle safety precautions while staff attitude achieved above average. Only precautionary measures were found to significantly influence compliance with needle safety precautions, in which higher precautionary measure, resulted in higher compliance with needle safety precautions. Level of knowledge showed significant differences for the interaction of gender and job function. Staff attitude showed significant differences for the interaction of gender and job function, and gender and experience. Precautionary measures showed significant differences for interaction of gender and experience. Lastly, based on the current status of knowledge, staff attitude, precautionary measure and compliance with needle safety precautions, study suggest the implementation of engineering control and elimination or substitution control will be more effective to deal with NSSI.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Awadh, Al Johani Abdulrahman
author_facet	Awadh, Al Johani Abdulrahman
author_sort	Awadh, Al Johani Abdulrahman
title	Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia
title_short	Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia
title_full	Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr	Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia
title_sort	knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in king fahd hospital saudi arabia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75274/1/FPSK%28M%29%202016%2011%20IR.pdf
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Knowledge, awareness and practice of needle stick and sharps injuries among healthcare service providers in King Fahd Hospital Saudi Arabia

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