Blood Exposures Among Workers at the Clinical Center and Four Hospitals in Japan
INTRAMURAL
RESEARCH PROJECT
Z01 CL-80001-03 EPID
October 1, 1999 to September 30, 2000
Title of Project:
Blood Exposures Among Workers at the Clinical Center and Four Hospitals in Japan
Principal Investigator:
D. K. Henderson, M.D., Deputy Director for Clinical Care (Investigator)
OD, CC, NIH
Bethesda, MD 20892
Other Personnel:
L. Lee, B.S.N., OD
B. Fahey, R.N., M.P.H., OD
A. Collins, R.N., M.P.H., OD
Collaborating Units:
Iwate Medical Univ. (R. Kawana, M.D.; K. Saito, M.D.)
Osaka Univ. (H. Matsuda, M.D.)
St. Marianna Univ. School of Medicine (M. Kaku, M.D., Ph.D.)
Staff-Years:
0.2
Human Subjects:
x (a) Human subjects (b) Human tissues (c) Neither
(a1) Minors (a2) Interviews
Summary of Work: This study is designed (1) to evaluate and compare nurses' knowledge of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, occupational risks, and appropriate prevention strategies for managing patients infected with bloodborne pathogens in the healthcare setting in four university hospitals in Japan and at the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health; (2) to compare self-reported levels of compliance with existing infection control recommendations designed to limit risk for exposure to bloodborne pathogens in all eight institutions; (3) to compare self-reported frequencies of cutaneous exposures to blood at the five hospitals in the study; and (4) to evaluate the effect of educational intervention on nurses' perceived compliance with recommendations and on the frequency of self-reported exposures to blood.
Approximately 2,000 Japanese and 500 Clinical Center nurses have completed the initial survey. Preliminary data analysis demonstrates a substantial difference in knowledge about bloodborne pathogens and a corresponding difference in frequency of blood exposures between the hospitals studied. An educational intervention has been designed and the first phase has been implemented. Nurses from Japan and the United States will be resurveyed in early 2001.
Index:
Annual Report of Clinical Research Activities FY 2000
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