Amin Shokravi, Farkhonde, Ghazanfari, Zeinab, Jorvand, Reza, Sadeghi Rad, Kazemieh (2025). Investigating the Factors Influencing the Behavior of Health Care Workers for Needle Stick Injury (NSI). , 2(2), 11-20.
Farkhonde Amin Shokravi; Zeinab Ghazanfari; Reza Jorvand; Kazemieh Sadeghi Rad. "Investigating the Factors Influencing the Behavior of Health Care Workers for Needle Stick Injury (NSI)". , 2, 2, 2025, 11-20.
Amin Shokravi, Farkhonde, Ghazanfari, Zeinab, Jorvand, Reza, Sadeghi Rad, Kazemieh (2025). 'Investigating the Factors Influencing the Behavior of Health Care Workers for Needle Stick Injury (NSI)', , 2(2), pp. 11-20.
Amin Shokravi, Farkhonde, Ghazanfari, Zeinab, Jorvand, Reza, Sadeghi Rad, Kazemieh Investigating the Factors Influencing the Behavior of Health Care Workers for Needle Stick Injury (NSI). , 2025; 2(2): 11-20.

Investigating the Factors Influencing the Behavior of Health Care Workers for Needle Stick Injury (NSI)

Health Education and Health Promotion
Article 2, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 11-20    PDF (316.48 K)
Authors
Farkhonde Amin Shokravi* 1; Zeinab Ghazanfari2; Reza Jorvand3; Kazemieh Sadeghi Rad4
1Associate Professor, Department of Health Education & Health Promotion, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
3M.Sc. of Health Education, Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
4M.Sc. Student of Community Health Nursing, Department of Clinical, Health and Treatment Center of Dehloran, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
Abstract
Aim: Injury from needle is one of the main ways of transmitting blood diseases in the medical staff. Prevention and reduction of such diseases' side effects have been emphasized by the Health Ministry. This study aimed to investigate factors influencing the behavior of the Elam city medical staff when working with sharps instruments. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, using a census method, all healthcare staff working in the health centers of Abdanan Dehloran city (total n=66) after providing written informed consent were enrolled. Data were gathered by a questionnaire. After verifying the validity and reliability, the data were collected, and analyzed using SPSS19 and descriptive statistics, Chi-square and t-test. Findings: 59% of the participants were male; 80% were married; 62% had academic educations, and 47% worked in the nursing and injection sections. The mean scores of knowledge and attitude of the participants were 3.1±1.38 and 1.7±4.1, respectively, and just 13.4% of the subjects had not reported control tests and injury events. Conclusion: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of the medical staff of injuries from sharp objects are not desirable. it seems that empowering the staff through theoretical and practical training is proper solution in this regard.
Keywords
personal factors; Behavior; Injury from sharp objects
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