PREVALENCE OF SHARP INJURY AMONG STAFF NURSES IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Background:Healthcare settings pose a major occupational hazard to their employees. Needlestick and sharps injuries (NSSIs) are one of the risk factors for blood-borne infection among healthcare workers. Materials Method: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out in tertiary hospital Lucknow district with objectives assessing prevalence sharp injury staff nurses safety precautions taken after occurrence injury. The participants included at various departments who were randomly selected study. Thus total 85 interviewed taking verbal consent. Results Discussion: majority (54.1%) age group 26-35 years. Out total, 32.9% had an incident Needle (67.9%) accounted maximum Of that got injured, occurred during use item (82.1%) only 28.6% took post-exposure prophylaxis as injection TT. Conclusion: In present almost half over past year. And poor post exposure practices observed.