50. Needle prick accidents and prevention against needle prick accidents.

Question 1

1/ Characteristics of Needler prick accidents

Answer 1

1/ affect approx. 1.2 mln healthworkers

2/ Can infect with 30 kinds of pathogens
Most common
37% HBV
39% HCV
4.4% HIV

Question 2

2/ Which sharp instruments can cause accident?

Answer 2

1/ Needles
2/ Scalpel
3/ Broken ampule

Question 3

3/ Risk for healthcare workers:
a/ The reason for the Risk for healthcare workers:

Answer 3

Due to contact with blood and body fluids after
- injuries that break skin
- contact with mucosa
- contact with injured skin sufaces

could occur when in direct or indirect contact with patients
(80% of injuries are needle prick, 56% by blunt hypodermic needles)

Question 4

How to prevent the needle accidents

Answer 4

1/ Protective clothing
2/ Never replace the cap – dispose in a hard plastic container

Question 5

What to do after Needle prick accidents?

Answer 5

• reported
• recorded in an accident book
• take the patient to have blood taken for type identification
• receive HepB vaccination latest the next day
• report to Occupational Medicine service
• If there is a possibility of HIV (the source is HIV positive), report to Szent Istvan hospital within 4 hours.