Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat
Vol 18, No 1 (2022)

Occupational Accidents Among Healthcare Workers in Central Java

Nurmalia, Devi (Unknown)
Ulliya, Sarah (Unknown)
Sulisno, Madya (Unknown)
Ardani, Muhammad Hasib (Unknown)
Amilia, Rizqi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Jul 2022

Abstract

Healthcare workers have a risk of experiencing occupational accidents that may lead to injury or even death. Unavailable incident reporting can negatively impact the health and safety of healthcare workers and other larger sectors. This study aimed to investigate the occupational accidents among healthcare workers. A descriptive with a cross-sectional approach was conducted. This study involved 377 participants from five public and private hospitals in Central Java. Data were analyzed with the independent t-test and logistic regression. Healthcare workers generally experienced low occupational accidents. The most frequent incidents were: exposure to blood and body fluids (68.9%), sharp objects (50.4%), and needles (47.7%). Low rates of occupational accidents were significantly correlated with females (p=0.013). Healthcare workers experienced occupational accidents with various frequencies. Special attention to high frequent incidents is required and a more in-depth study on on the low-frequent. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

kemas

Publisher

Subject

Public Health

Description

KEMAS Journal: Research Study in Public Health publishes the article based on research or equivalent to research results in public health or other disciplines related to public health that has not been loaded/published by other media. The journal contains articles about epidemiology and ...