Korean J Occup Environ Med.  2002 Mar;14(1):69-77.

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

• Park SG
• Lee JY
• Song JH
• Woo JY
• Choi TS

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.

Keyword

Needle stick injury; Interns; Residents

MeSH Terms

Data Collection
Hospitals, General
Hospitals, University
Logistic Models
Needles*
Needlestick Injuries*
Questionnaires