Open AccessThe Effectiveness of a Training Program on Reducing Needlestick Injuries/Sharp Object Injuries among Soon Graduate Vocational Nursing School Students in Southern Taiwan
Author(s) -
Yang YaHui,
Liou SaouHsing,
Chen ChiouJong,
Yang ChunYuh,
Wang ChaoLing,
Chen ChiuYing,
Wu TrongNeng
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.49.424
Subject(s) - internship , graduation (instrument) , medicine , test (biology) , vocational education , intervention (counseling) , nursing , incidence (geometry) , medical education , family medicine , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
The Effectiveness of a Training Program on Reducing Needlestick Injuries/Sharp Object Injuries among Soon Graduate Vocational Nursing School Students in Southern Taiwan: Ya‐Hui Y ang , et al . Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan —Needlestick/ sharp injuries (NSIs/SIs) are a serious threat to medical/ nursing students in hospital internships. Education for preventing NSIs/SIs is important for healthcare workers but is rarely conducted and evaluated among vocational school nursing students. We conducted an educational intervention for such students after their internship rotations before graduation. This program consisted of a lecture to the students after the internship training and a self‐study brochure for them to study before their graduation. This study used the pre‐test questionnaires completed by all students and the post‐test questionnaires completed by 107 graduates after work experience as licensed nurses to assess the effectiveness of the intervention. After educational intervention, the incidence of NSIs/SIs decreased significantly from 50.5% pre‐test to 25.2% post‐test, and the report rate increased from 37.0% to 55.6%, respectively. In conclusion, this intervention significantly reduced the incidence of NSIs/SIs and increased the report rate of such events.