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East Mediterr Health J. 2007 Jul-Aug;13(4):893-906.
Safe injection practice among health-care workers in Gharbiya Governorate, Egypt.
Ismail NA, Aboul Ftouh AM, El-Shoubary WH, Mahaba H.
Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt. nanees@mail.com
We assessed safe injection practices among 1100 health-care workers in 25 health-care facilities in Gharbiya Governorate. Questionnaires were used to collect information and 278 injections were observed using a standardized checklist. There was a lack of infection control policies in all the facilities and a lack of many supplies needed for safe injection. Proper needle manipulation before disposal was observed in only 41% of injections, safe needle disposal in 47.5% and safe syringe disposal in 0%. Reuse of used syringes and needles was reported by 13.2% of the health-care workers and 66.2% had experienced a needle-stick injury. Only 11.3% had received a full course of hepatitis B vaccination.