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Introduction : One of the most important threats to health care staff is accidental sharp instruments injuries that may transmit blood born pathogen such as hepatitis B,C and HIV virus to health care staff. The main objective of this study was to determine injuries caused by sharp instruments among Jahrom university of medical sciences hospitals health care worker
Material & methods : In this descriptive study the total number of 298 health care staff working in Peymanieh and Motahari hospitals in Jahrom were included . A questionnaire was designed to collect data and then the data was analyzed using SPSS software.
Results : The data indicated that 47.3 % of the staff had a positive history of sharp instruments injuries and the most common in juries were among the nurses (50.3%). The most causes of damage was Needle Stick injuries (44.4%) that occurred in operating room ward (27.7 %) . 56% of damages happened in the morning. Among staff 92.3% received hepatitis B vaccine.
Conclusion: based on the findings, providing preventing measures and continuous training course and educational conferences to decrease such injuries in health care staff is necessary.
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