Evidence Based Practise Needle Stick Injury Assignment 2022

Running head: EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE: NEEDLE STICK INJURY
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE: NEEDLE STICK INJURY
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EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE: NEEDLE STICK INJURY
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Rationale for EBP for NSI issue in health care sector.........................................................2
Process of EBP to prevent NSI............................................................................................3
Step 1- Formulating Answerable research Question:.....................................................3
Step 2: Searching For Best Evidence..............................................................................4
Step 3: Critically Appraising the Research Evidence.....................................................4
Step 4: Integrating the Evidence with Clinical Expertise and Patient Preference and
Values..........................................................................................................................................5
Step 5: Evaluating the Outcome:.....................................................................................5
Step 6: Disseminating the Outcome of EBP Process.......................................................5
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................5
Reference.............................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Evidence based practice is defined as the integration of the evident research done with
the collaboration of clinical expertise and value of patients. The practice is known to be applied
by the health care professionals with the objective to improve the health of the patients
(LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2017). The practice is proved to be clinically relevant that is
conducted with the help of sound methodology. The evidence based practice can be applied for
any clinical issue for example needle stick injury.
Needle stick injury are the type of penetrating stab wound that is caused by the needle or
any sharp object and result in exposure or oozing of blood or other fluids of body. The main
domain of concern related to needle stick injury is exposure of infected blood or fluid to another
person who might be carrying infectious disease (Lazarus, 2017).
Therefore, the paper aims to evaluate the use of evidence based practice in reducing the
risk of NSI in health worker. For this the paper discuss about the steps of EBP to find the
preventive measure and healthy practice that can be applied in health care setting.
Rationale for EBP for NSI issue in health care sector
Needle stick injury has become a common occurrence in the health care profession which
has led to serious health consequence to the nurse and lab workers. There has been more than
67% incidence reported of needle stick injury in Australia where the health care staffs accidently
stick themselves with the needle (Marjadi et al., 2017). They are found to be seriously affected
by the NSI related incidence and it is found to be because of lack of awareness, workload and
absence of standard protocol for practice (Suliman et al., 2018). In order to promote the safety of
patient and reduce the incidence of needle stick there is the need for the creating awareness and