BRIEF REPORT: Needlestick injury and inadequate post-exposure practice in medical students

被引:40
作者
Cervini, P
Bell, C
机构
[1] St Michaels Hosp, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Med Imaging, Toronto, ON, Canada
[3] Univ Toronto, Dept Med & Hlth Policy Management & Evaluat, Inst Clin Evaluat Sci, Toronto, ON, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
needlestick injuries; medical students; universal precautions; education;
D O I
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0092.x
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
学科分类号
摘要
BACKGROUND: Medical students are at a particularly high risk for needlestick injury and its consequences because of their relative inexperience and lack of disability insurance. OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of needlestick injury and the use of post-exposure prophylaxis among medical students. DESIGN: Internet-based survey. PARTICIPANTS: The 2003 graduating medical school class at the University of Toronto. MEASUREMENTS: Number of needlestick injuries, circumstances surrounding those incidents, and post-exposure actions. RESULTS: The response rate was 88% (157/178). Over one third (55/157) of respondents suffered at least 1 needlestick injury. In more than half the high-risk injuries, the students continued working and did not seek medical advice. Six students who suffered a needlestick injury began prophylactic human immunodeficiency virus medications. Of those students who suffered an injury, 15% had purchased disability insurance prior to the incident. CONCLUSIONS: Poor use of post-exposure procedures and a lack of disability insurance leave medical students at high risk for career and life-altering consequences from a needlestick injury.
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页码:419 / 421
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