TY - JOUR AU - ., Sonia AU - Singh, Sukhbir AU - Singh, Brijender AU - Singh, Satpal AU - Khurana, Anil AU - Verma, Ramesh PY - 2019/04/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Study of knowledge, attitude and practice among nurses regarding needle stick and sharp item injuries JF - International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health JA - Int J Community Med Public Health VL - 6 IS - 5 SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191819 UR - https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/4461 SP - 2064-2068 AB - <p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Needle stick injuries are an important occupational hazard for nursing personnel as they form an important mechanism for transmission of blood borne pathogens. A needle stick injury (NSI) is defined as an accidental skin-penetrating stab wound from a hollow-bore needle (or any sharp) containing another person’s blood or body fluid. Sharp injury (SI) is defined as a skin-penetrating stab wound caused by sharp instruments &amp; accidents in a medical setting.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> The study is hospital based cross-sectional descriptive in PGIMS Rohtak. The study was designed towards achievement of all objectives.<strong> </strong>The study was carried out from 14 June 2016 to 13 August 2016.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Majority (6%) of sample were in the age group of 20-25 years and (31%) in age group of 26-30 years. Majority of sample (98.5%) were female. Majority of sample (90%) were GNM, (6.5%) were B.Sc Nursing, (1.5%) was M.sc Nursing. Majority of sample (91.5%) were married.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The study identified the presence of suboptimal practices that put both staff nurses and patients at significant risk of contracting occupational infections.</p> ER -