An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor

The increasing number of healthcare services facilities to accommodate the needs of population growth especially in developing countries including Malaysia has definitely increase the prevalence of needle sticks injury (NSI) among the health care workers (HCWs). According to the World Health Organi...

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Main Authors:	Abdullah Suhaimi, Afiza, Samsuddin, Niza, A.Rahman, Nor Azlina, Jack, Kie Cheng, Sidek, Suriati
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Pharmaceutical Research 2018
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-687272019-03-14T16:15:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68727/ An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor Abdullah Suhaimi, Afiza Samsuddin, Niza A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Jack, Kie Cheng Sidek, Suriati RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine The increasing number of healthcare services facilities to accommodate the needs of population growth especially in developing countries including Malaysia has definitely increase the prevalence of needle sticks injury (NSI) among the health care workers (HCWs). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 35.7 million HCWs in the world are exposed to the risk of NSIs. Occupational Health Unit, Ministry of Health Malaysia reported an incidence rate of 4.7 NSI per 1,000 HCWs in 2005. Epidemiological studies indicate that a person who experience one NSI from a needle used on an infected patient has a risks of 30%, 1.8% and 0.3% of becoming infected with HBV, HCV and HIV respectively. Thus, an exploratory qualitative study was conducted to explore the current practices on sharps management in Health Care Establishments (HCEs) in Pahang. The study adopted thematic and coding descriptive analysis from focus group discussions and interview responses. The data were analysed by using NVivo – pro version 11. This manuscript will report only on the organizational factors as one of the major themes besides employee factors. Six codes that influence the cause of NSIs in the organizational factor theme include cost, policy and guideline, training, technology, safety and reporting issues. The study concluded that the most frequent and lengthy issues discussed by the participants were on the standard operation procedure, late reporting issues and safety aspect pertaining to the sharps management including the quality of personal protective equipment and vaccinations. Results suggest that all factors responsible for the above result should be addressed as a basis of national standard of sharps management for the betterment of HCWs safety in HCEs in Malaysia. International Pharmaceutical Research 2018-11-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68727/1/68727_An%20assessment%20of%20the%20sharps%20management.pdf Abdullah Suhaimi, Afiza and Samsuddin, Niza and A.Rahman, Nor Azlina and Jack, Kie Cheng and Sidek, Suriati (2018) An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor. Journal of International Pharmaceutical Research, 45. pp. 257-269. ISSN 1674-0440 http://ijprjournals.com/abstractt.php?id=233
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description	The increasing number of healthcare services facilities to accommodate the needs of population growth especially in developing countries including Malaysia has definitely increase the prevalence of needle sticks injury (NSI) among the health care workers (HCWs). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 35.7 million HCWs in the world are exposed to the risk of NSIs. Occupational Health Unit, Ministry of Health Malaysia reported an incidence rate of 4.7 NSI per 1,000 HCWs in 2005. Epidemiological studies indicate that a person who experience one NSI from a needle used on an infected patient has a risks of 30%, 1.8% and 0.3% of becoming infected with HBV, HCV and HIV respectively. Thus, an exploratory qualitative study was conducted to explore the current practices on sharps management in Health Care Establishments (HCEs) in Pahang. The study adopted thematic and coding descriptive analysis from focus group discussions and interview responses. The data were analysed by using NVivo – pro version 11. This manuscript will report only on the organizational factors as one of the major themes besides employee factors. Six codes that influence the cause of NSIs in the organizational factor theme include cost, policy and guideline, training, technology, safety and reporting issues. The study concluded that the most frequent and lengthy issues discussed by the participants were on the standard operation procedure, late reporting issues and safety aspect pertaining to the sharps management including the quality of personal protective equipment and vaccinations. Results suggest that all factors responsible for the above result should be addressed as a basis of national standard of sharps management for the betterment of HCWs safety in HCEs in Malaysia.
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author	Abdullah Suhaimi, Afiza Samsuddin, Niza A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Jack, Kie Cheng Sidek, Suriati
author_facet	Abdullah Suhaimi, Afiza Samsuddin, Niza A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Jack, Kie Cheng Sidek, Suriati
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title	An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor
title_short	An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor
title_full	An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor
title_fullStr	An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor
title_full_unstemmed	An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor
title_sort	assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in pahang, malaysia: organisational factor
publisher	International Pharmaceutical Research
publishDate	2018
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An assessment of the sharps management practices in health care establishments in Pahang, Malaysia: organisational factor

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