1. The study assessed awareness of occupational safety and health hazards among nursing staff at a teaching hospital. A questionnaire was administered to 150 nursing staff to evaluate their knowledge on issues like accidental falls, latex allergies, dermatitis, fires, burns, electric shocks, biological infections, and use of personal protective equipment.
2. Most staff demonstrated awareness of issues like infections (59.4%), respiratory disorders (54%), and handwashing (77.4%), while some areas like accidental falls (43.4%), electric shocks (36.7%), and documentation of incidents (58%) showed room for improvement.
3. Overall, 73.3% of participants showed complete awareness of occupational health and
1. The study assessed awareness of occupational safety and health hazards among nursing staff at a teaching hospital. A questionnaire was administered to 150 nursing staff to evaluate their knowledge on issues like accidental falls, latex allergies, dermatitis, fires, burns, electric shocks, biological infections, and use of personal protective equipment.
2. Most staff demonstrated awareness of issues like infections (59.4%), respiratory disorders (54%), and handwashing (77.4%), while some areas like accidental falls (43.4%), electric shocks (36.7%), and documentation of incidents (58%) showed room for improvement.
3. Overall, 73.3% of participants showed complete awareness of occupational health and
1. The study assessed awareness of occupational safety and health hazards among nursing staff at a teaching hospital. A questionnaire was administered to 150 nursing staff to evaluate their knowledge on issues like accidental falls, latex allergies, dermatitis, fires, burns, electric shocks, biological infections, and use of personal protective equipment.
2. Most staff demonstrated awareness of issues like infections (59.4%), respiratory disorders (54%), and handwashing (77.4%), while some areas like accidental falls (43.4%), electric shocks (36.7%), and documentation of incidents (58%) showed room for improvement.
3. Overall, 73.3% of participants showed complete awareness of occupational health and
1. The study assessed awareness of occupational safety and health hazards among nursing staff at a teaching hospital. A questionnaire was administered to 150 nursing staff to evaluate their knowledge on issues like accidental falls, latex allergies, dermatitis, fires, burns, electric shocks, biological infections, and use of personal protective equipment.
2. Most staff demonstrated awareness of issues like infections (59.4%), respiratory disorders (54%), and handwashing (77.4%), while some areas like accidental falls (43.4%), electric shocks (36.7%), and documentation of incidents (58%) showed room for improvement.
3. Overall, 73.3% of participants showed complete awareness of occupational health and
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1. Occupational The occupational hazards were as follows. Conducted a cross- Ndejjo, R. G, Health These hazards were broadly classified as sectional study utilizing Musinguzi. X, Yu. E, Hazards biological and nonbiological. The broader quantitative data Buregyeya. D, among classifications were generated as collection methods Musoke. JS, Wang. AA Healthcare compositeend points. among 200 Respondents Halage. C, Whalen. W, Workers in Results. Overall, 50.0% of respondents Who Worked In 8 major Bazeyo. P, Williams. J, Kampala, reported experiencing an occupational health facilities in Ssempebwa. Uganda health hazard. Among these, 39.5% Kampala Occupational Health experienced biological hazards while 31.5% Hazards among experienced nonbiological hazards. Healthcare Workers in Predictors for experiencing hazards included Kampala, Ugand not wearing the necessary personal 2015. Journal o protective equipment (PPE), working Environmental an overtime, job related pressures, and working Public Health. Vo in multiple health facilities. Control 2015 no. 9 measures to mitigate hazards were availing separate areas and containers to store medical waste and provision of safety tools and equipment. Conclusion. Healthcare workers in this setting experience several hazards in their work places. Associated factors in clude not wearing all necessary protective equipment, working overtime, experiencing work related pressures, and working in multiple facilities. Interventions should be instituted to mitigate the hazards. Specifically PPE supply aps ,job related pressures, and complacence in adhering to mitigation measures should be addressed. 2. Assessing the Occupational safety and health hazards in A prospective study was M, S. Prajwal. K,K, awareness healthcare facilities play a significant role in conducted on a pilot basis Kundury. S, M,J.2020. on the lives of care providers and also for a period of 3 months Assessing the occupational contribute toward quality patient care. in various nursing areas awareness on safety and Healthcare workforce gets exposed to of the hospital. The occupational safety health physical, chemical, biological, and questionnaire aimed at and hazards psychological hazards while discharging their assessing the awareness health hazards among among duties, thus demanding for proper of nursing staff on nursing staff of a nursing staff knowledge and awareness to address the occupational safety and teaching hospital. of a teaching same. health hazards (5-point Journal of Family hospital Participant response rate was 88% scale) was administered Medicine and Primary (150/170). Awareness on occupational on nursing staff Care. Vol 9 no 10 safety and health hazards were shown as (150/170]. Total scores 43.4%- accidental falls at workplace, 42.7%- and percentage of complete awareness on latex allergies, responses were 52.7% on dermatitis and respiratory computed and the degree problems, 42% complete aware on of correlation was accidental fires, 39.4%- burns, 36.7%- observed as 0.4 between electric shocks, 59.4%- complete awareness the participants age, on biological infections, 54%- respiratory educational disorders, 48.7%- skin allergies, awareness qualifications, and total on usage of PPE to prevent: 67.4%- scores. respiratory problems, 44%- accidental falls; 77.4%- importance of handwashing, 78% - significance of Hepatitis B vaccination, 71.4% - usage of first aid kits in minor accidents, 60%- reporting incidents, and 58%- documentation system for incident reporting. Sum total of scores revealed that 73.3% of the participants were found to be completely aware about all the components of occupational health and safety mentioned in the questionnaire. 22.6%- aware, 3.3%- moderately aware, and < 1% were slightly aware of the same. Conclusions: The study had highlighted the areas that require knowledge enhancement on occupational safety and health hazards which helps in adopting the best practices at work place.