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Use of the Haddon Matrix as a Tool for Assessing Risk Factors for Sharps Injury in Emergency Departments in the United Arab Emirates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. Ganczak ,
P. Barss ,
A. Al-Marashda ,
A. Al-Marzouqi  and
N. Al-Kuwaiti
M. Ganczak
Affiliation:
Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
P. Barss*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
A. Al-Marashda
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
A. Al-Marzouqi
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
N. Al-Kuwaiti
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
*
Department of Community Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates (peter.barss@uaeu.ac.ae)
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Abstract

We investigated the epidemiology and prevention of sharps injuries in the United Arab Emirates. Among 82 emergency nurses and 38 doctors who responded to our questionnaire, risk factors for sharp device injuries identified using the Haddon matrix included personal factors (for the pre-event phase, a lack of infection control training, a lack of immunization, and recapping needles, and for the postevent phase, underreporting of sharps injuries) and equipment-related factors (for the pre-event phase, failure to use safe devices; for the event phase, failure to use gloves in all appropriate situations). Nearly all injuries to doctors were caused by suture needles, and among nurses more than 50% of injuries were caused by hollow-bore needles.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , June 2007 , pp. 751 - 754
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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