Background: Needlestick injuries (NSIs) are a major occupational hazard for health care workers (HCWs), particularly nurses, and are an important route of transmission for blood-borne infections such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).Injection safety remains a neglected area in many low-and middle-income countries, and data from Libyan hospitals are scarce. Objectives: To assess nurses’ awareness and practices related to injection safety, to determine the prevalence and patterns of NSIs, and to identify selected factors associated with NSIs among nurses working in El-Beyda hospitals, Libya. Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 220 nurses working in different departments of El-Beyda hospitals. Data were collected using a structured, self-administered questionnaire and an observation checklist. The questionnaire assessed socio-demographic and professional characteristics, awareness of injection safety, self-reported injection practices, history and circumstances of NSIs, HBV vaccination status, and previous training. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data,and the chi-square (χ²) test was applied to examine associations between NSI occurrenceand selected variables. A p-value of 0.05). Conclusion: Despite generally good awareness of injection safety among nurses in El-Beyda hospitals, unsafe practices and a high prevalence of needlestick injuries persist. The combination of frequent NSIs, extremely low HBV vaccination coverage, and almost complete absence of NSI reporting indicates a serious and preventable occupational health problem. There is an urgent need for comprehensiveinterventions,includingmandatoryHBVvaccinationforallat-riskstaff,practical skills-basedtrainingfocusedoneliminatingneedlerecappingandotherunsafepractices,ensuring adequatesuppliesofpersonalprotectiveequipmentandsafetyboxes,andestablishingasimple,non-punitive NSI reporting and follow-up system to protect nurses and improve patient safety.
ELRAZEQ EBTESAM S ABD- (Sat,) studied this question.