Knowledge and Practices Regarding Needle Stick Injury among Nurses of Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal

To assess knowledge and practice regarding Needle Stick Injury among nurses of Manipal teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.

A survey research design was adopted for the present study which was conducted in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. The tools were demographic proforma, Knowledge and practice questionnaire on Needle Stick Injury. Data was collected by self administered structured questionnaire. Total samples were 100 and sampling technique was purposive. The data was analyzed using Excel 2007, SPSS for Windows Version 16.0.

Majority (79%) of the participant were of age group 21–25 years, majority (92%) were SLC passed as educational level, majority (92%) were PCL Nursing in profession, majority (59%) were from general ward as their area of practice, working experience of majority (57%) of participants was for 1–3 years and majority of them was not attended program on needle stick injury (93%). Majority (74%) of the respondents had average knowledge, 24% had good knowledge and 2% had poor knowledge. Majority (62%) of the respondents had good practice, 36% had fair practice and 2% had poor practice. There is no significant association between socio demographic variables and knowledge. There is no significant association of socio demographic variables with practice. The coefficient correlation between knowledge and practice was found to be zero correlation.

Still some of the nurses had inadequate knowledge which shows that an in-service education program, seminars, training, etc is required to increase knowledge and to reduce incidence of needle stick injury.