A Study To Explore The Factors Associated To The Needle Stick Injuries And Assesses The Impact Of Comprehensive Prevention Programme Cpp Upon The Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Health Care Workers Hcws Working At Selected Hospitals Of Rajasthan State

Abstract

A needle stick injury (NSI) is a percutaneous piercing wound mainly gets by a needle point. It has been recognized as one of the occupational hazards among health care workers (HCWs). The emotional impact of NSIs may be more serious and long lasting; even if the microorganisms are not transmitting. This may be more serious when the source status is prone to positive to HIV, HBV or HCV. NSI may lead not only the significant stress and anxiety for affected persons but also adverse financial impact includes direct or indirect cost for a health care setting. A health care worker who got NSI may be emotionally disturbed, may be fearful of future consequences of prick and may disturb the other employees , that may diminishes the work performance of employees. newlineThe affected area or pricked area should be washed under running water. Milk out practice should not be practiced as it is not recommended by CDC. After NSI a baseline investigation of viral markers should be done to know the baseline status of affected person. Post exposure Prophylaxis should be stared ideally within one hour of injury (9). There is not an effective PEP for Hepatitis C infection; treatment with interferon has been proved beneficial to prevent chronic hepatitis. Prevention of needle stick injuries is an essential component of any programme related to blood borne transmission of disease. Numbers of incidence can be prevented by using administrative control including training of health care workers and provision of adequate resources. In every hospital there should be an infection control department or an infection control committee. Each hospital should adopt the policy of waste handling and management. Unsafe injection practices have an inherent risk of spreading three preventable primary blood borne viral (BBV) pathogens; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV).