Medical Laboratory Staff Awareness’ Concerning Occupational Health Hazards in Public Hospitals
Background :Medical Laboratory staff are exposed to a wide range of hazards associated with the materials they employ and the methods they use in their work. The occupational hazards include chemical, physical, biological, psychosocial, and ergonomics hazards. Objectives :To assess the laboratory...
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Background :Medical Laboratory staff are exposed to a wide range of hazards associated with the materials they employ and the methods they use in their work. The occupational hazards include chemical, physical, biological, psychosocial, and ergonomics hazards.
Objectives :To assess the laboratory staff level of awareness of the anticipated occupational hazards.
Method: A descriptive- cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. The Study participants consist of Medical Laboratory staff who works in Public hospitals. The current Study includes 350 staff who responded to the questionnaire, with a response rate of 100%. and the method used by the researcher was the probability sampling technique (Stratified Random sampling),
Result :The obtained findings shows that (0.0%) of the staff have poor awareness Occupational hazards, (46.6 %) with moderate awareness,(53.4 %) of them have good levels according to the total assessment of awareness
Conclusion :The medical laboratory staff is well-versed in the hazards associated with their jobs at the laboratory. There are a number of issues that make it difficult for upper management to increase workplace safety. Nonetheless, more might be done to guarantee hospital staff members have a safer place to work.
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| spelling | doaj-art-50fb0a6cb3984d31b627368751df34542025-08-20T03:10:22ZengUniversity of Kufa, Faculty of NursingKufa Journal for Nursing Sciences2223-40552521-86382024-06-01140110.36321/kjns.vi202401.15951 Medical Laboratory Staff Awareness’ Concerning Occupational Health Hazards in Public HospitalsHayder Nidhal Kamil0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4138-3077Mansour Abdullah Falah1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6570Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, AL-Najaf, IraqCommunity Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa, AL-Najaf, Iraq Background :Medical Laboratory staff are exposed to a wide range of hazards associated with the materials they employ and the methods they use in their work. The occupational hazards include chemical, physical, biological, psychosocial, and ergonomics hazards. Objectives :To assess the laboratory staff level of awareness of the anticipated occupational hazards. Method: A descriptive- cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. The Study participants consist of Medical Laboratory staff who works in Public hospitals. The current Study includes 350 staff who responded to the questionnaire, with a response rate of 100%. and the method used by the researcher was the probability sampling technique (Stratified Random sampling), Result :The obtained findings shows that (0.0%) of the staff have poor awareness Occupational hazards, (46.6 %) with moderate awareness,(53.4 %) of them have good levels according to the total assessment of awareness Conclusion :The medical laboratory staff is well-versed in the hazards associated with their jobs at the laboratory. There are a number of issues that make it difficult for upper management to increase workplace safety. Nonetheless, more might be done to guarantee hospital staff members have a safer place to work. https://journal.uokufa.edu.iq/index.php/kjns/article/view/15951Medical LaboratoryOccupational Health HazardsStaff AwarenessMedical Laboratory Staff |
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