Prevalence of Needle stick Injuries among Health-Care Workers in Iranian Hospitals: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background and Objective: Needle stick and sharp injuries have been identified as the most dangerous factor among health-care workers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that ۳۸۵,۰۰۰ health-care workers experience needle stick each year.Materials and Methods: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of needle stick injuries (NSIs) in Iranian health-care workers. In this review and meta-analysis, the local and international databases such as Scopus, Medline, PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scientific Information Database (SID), and Magiran were searched using keywords including “prevalence” OR “needle” OR “needle stick” OR “Sharp injury” OR “Iranian personnel’s” OR “Iranian health care workers” OR “Iranian hospitals” OR “Iran.” The original researches that determined the prevalence of NSIs among Iranian health-care workers and published from January ۲۰۰۵ to June ۲۰۱۹ were included in the current study. The pooled prevalence of NSIs was determined using a random-effects model with a ۹۵% confidence interval. All analyses were performed using STATA version ۱۱ (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA). P < ۰.۰۵ was considered as a significant level.Results: The overall prevalence of NSIs among Iranian health-care personnel was about ۵۰.۸ (۴۶.۳–۵۵.۲). Furthermore, this prevalence in educational, no educational, both no educational and educational, and military centers was about ۵۱.۱ (۴۶.۵–۵۷.۷), ۴۰.۴.۱ (۳۴.۲–۴۶.۶), ۶۱.۰ (۳۲.۱–۸۹.۹), and ۴۱.۵ (۲۳.۰–۶۰.۰), respectively. The prevalence of NSIs among the nurses was ۵۱.۱ (۴۵.۴–۵۶.۸), which was more than other groups.Conclusion: The prevalence of NSIs in Iranian hospitals was high. Since most of the injuries are caused by nurses, more intervention programs should be designed for nurses in these wards.

کلیدواژه ها:

Iranian hospitals ، needle stick injury ، prevalence