Estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to contaminated sharps injuries among health-care workers

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 482-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Prüss-Üstün ◽  
Elisabetta Rapiti ◽  
Yvan Hutin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Sharps Injuries

scholarly journals On the road to universal health care in Indonesia, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

The Lancet ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 392 (10147) ◽  
pp. 581-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nafsiah Mboi ◽  
Indra Murty Surbakti ◽  
Indang Trihandini ◽  
Iqbal Elyazar ◽  
Karen Houston Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Universal Health Care ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Disease Study ◽  
Universal Health

Prevalence of nonreporting behavior of sharps injuries in Taiwanese health care workers

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith S.-C. Shiao ◽  
Mary-Louise McLaws ◽  
Kun-Yen Huang ◽  
Wen-Chen Ko ◽  
Yueliang Leon Guo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Sharps Injuries

scholarly journals The French national Global Burden of Disease (GBD) evaluation project

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Gallay ◽  
A Rachas ◽  
C Gastaldi-Ménager ◽  
J C Desenclos ◽  
P Constantinou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
National Health ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
National Level ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Improve Health ◽  
Burden Of Diseases

Abstract As in many countries, there is an urgent need to prioritize the issues in public health care and prevention in France. The French GBD project aims to offer a unique set of combined morbidity and mortality estimates to inform health policy makers in France, at the national level. However, because of the variability in health status and risk factors across geographical areas, policy makers need comparable estimates at the regional and local levels to target specific populations and to implement actions to improve health. Besides, although the accuracy of the indicators provided by the GBD has not been evaluated in the French context, it would be likely improved by enhancing and enriching the French data used as input. The French national health data system is one of the largest healthcare claims database in Europe. Based on these data, the French National Health Insurance (Cnam) and Santé publique France (SpFrance), in collaboration with clinicians and researchers, have developed a set of algorithms to identify diseases based on health care reimbursements, which could improve GBD estimates. Cnam and SpFrance both contribute to the definition, prioritization and evaluation of health policies in France and have therefore decided to pool their strengths and mutualize their resources to build a common rationale and provide consistent French Burden of Diseases estimates. A collaboration with the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has also been initiated, to allow Cnam and SpFrance benefiting from IHME's infrastructure and expertise and together seek to improve the estimates of the indicators using comparable methods at local and national levels, and consistent with the overall Global Burden of Disease project. Finally, beyond the ongoing production of the GBD metrics, another objective is the knowledge transfer to Cnam and SpFrance as learning organizations. The project has started with a framework between the three parties and the expression of interest.

scholarly journals Assessment of occupational exposure to sharp injuries among health care workers in King Abdulaziz University Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samia S. Abdulmageed ◽  
Fatmah Alabbassi ◽  
Mai Alradi ◽  
Nebras Alghanaim ◽  
Sundos Banjar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Work Overload ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
King Abdulaziz University ◽  
Sharps Injury ◽  
Sharps Injuries

Background: Sharps injuries are accidental infiltrating wounds that are typically the consequences of utilizing hazardous equipment in the usual fast-paced, and stressful health care setting. As a result, exposure to blood-borne pathogens from sharps injury poses a significant risk to health care workers. These injuries predispose the staff to dangerous infections such as hepatitis B, C and HIV. The aim of the study was to assess the occupational exposure to sharps injuries among health care workers in King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. Nurses, residents, dentists, and housekeepers working in the surgical ward, obstetrics and gynaecology ward, emergency department, operation room, labor and delivery room, and dental clinics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital were included. A random sample of 161 subjects was recruited in this study using a self-administered structured questionnaire.Results: Of 161 participants, 53 (32.90%) had a history of sharps injury. Among them 25 (47.16%) were nurses, both surgical and gynaecological residents had the same result of 11 (20.76%), and 6 (11.32%) of them were dentists. Most of the injuries had occurred during the use of the suture needle; 24 (45.28%) suggested that work overload was the main reason for sharps injury occurrence.Conclusions: Among health care workers, nurses were especially at risk of exposure to sharps injury. The most important risk factors for injury occurrence include long working hours, continuous rotating shifts, and work overload. Also, not all of the health care workers knew about the hospital’s reporting system.

scholarly journals NEEDLE STICK AND SHARPS INJURIES; FREQUENCY AND THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF A TERTIARY CARE PRIVATE HOSPITAL OF LAHORE

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (11) ◽  
pp. 1685-1690
Author(s):  
Muhammad Luqman Farrukh Nagi ◽  
Syed Tehseen Haider Kazmi ◽  
Aziz Anwar Saleem ◽  
Dawar Khan ◽  
Hafiz Haseeb Afsar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Sharps Injuries
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