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Park, Lee, Song, Woo, and Choi: The Needle Stick Injuries of Interns and Residents Working in Hospitals in a City
Original Article

Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2002; 14(1): 69-77.

Published online: 30 January 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2002.14.1.69

The Needle Stick Injuries of Interns and Residents Working in Hospitals in a City

Shin Goo Park, Jong Young Lee, Jung Hup Song, Jay Young Woo, Tae Sung Choi

Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung-Pook Univertisy Hospital, Korea.

Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Soon-Chun-Hyang Gumi Hospital, Korea.

goohi@hananet.net

Copyright © 2002 The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Abstract

OBJECTIVES

This study was conducted in order to assess the experience of needle stick injury among interns and residents working in hospitals during the previous 4 months.

METHODS

We conducted a questionnaire survey of 695 interns and residents working in two university hospitals and one general hospital in Tague city. Four hundred and forty three of those questioned(63.7 %) fully responded.

RESULTS

Two hundred of the respondents(45.1 %) suffered at least one injury. Respondents suffered an average of 1.8 injuries. 96.5 % of interns, 40.6 % of surgical residents and 34.4 % of non-surgical residents suffered at least one injury. According to multiple logistic regression, Intern status and an increased amount of working time is associated with high risk of needle stick injury.

CONCLUSIONS

This study demonstrates that interns and residents suffer a high rate of needle stick injury.

Keywords: Needle stick injury, Interns, Residents

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