injection practices at primary healthcare units in bangladesh: experience at six upazilla health complexes.
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Abstract
BackgroundIndiscriminate usage of injections and lack of safe practicesduring injection administration have been reportedworldwide. Unnecessary and unsafe injection usage notonly increases the financial burden but are also responsiblefor spreading blood borne diseases including HIV, HBV andHCV. To attain a better understanding of the situation ofinjection usage in Bangladesh, a study was conducted at sixUpazilla Health Complexes (UHCs), which are primaryhealthcare units in Bangladesh.MethodThe study involved the retrospective collection of treatmentsheets of 1048 in-patients at six UHCs from January 2009 toJune 2009. The data was then analyzed using statisticaltests.ResultsAmong the patients investigated, 60.11% of the patientsreceived injections and among them the male populationreceived more injection than the female population (malesvs. females = 62.50% vs. 55.85%). Patients below 12 years ofage received the highest proportion of injections andhighest usage of injections was observed in the month ofMarch. The average number of injection(s) prescribed to apatient was 2.44 incurring a prescription cost of 280.22 Taka(USD 3.92 approx.). Injections were mostly prescribed inpatients who were diagnosed with physical assault andacute watery diarrhea where intravenous fluids andantibiotics were most widely prescribed. Non-compliance torecapping of used injections was very common whichaccounted for 22.22% needle stick injuries.ConclusionThe data suggest that indiscriminate and unsafe injectionpractices were occurring in all UHCs. Such practicesresulted in financial losses as well as compromising safetyfor healthcare providers and patients.
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| Authors | ;M. C. Shill;Fahad B. M.;Sarmistha Sarker;Shrabanti Dev;K. Rufaka H.;Asish K. D |
| Journal | translational behavioral medicine |
| Year | 2011 |
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