Abstract

Pratima Koirala* and Sushma Shrestha

ABSTRACT

A needle stick injury (NSI) is a common health hazards among health care workers which is known as percutaneous piercing wound typically set by a needle point, but possibly also by other sharp instruments or objects which may lead to serious blood-borne diseases like Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This study aimed to find out the nurses’ practice on prevention of needle stick injury. A descriptive cross-sectional observational research design was used for this study. A total 50 nurses who were working in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital (CMCTH), Bharatpur-10, Chitwan, having working experience of more than 3 months were selected by non-probability enumerative sampling technique. Observational check-list was used to collect data and the obtained data were analyzed into IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 program using descriptive and inferential statistics. Out of 50 nurses, 22.0% of nurses have satisfactory practice and 78.0% of nurses have unsatisfactory practice on prevention of needle stick injury. This issues need to be adressesed, through appropriate in-service education, training programs and interventional strategies.