Safety injection practice of clinical nurses in Ho Chi Minh city institute of traditional medicine in 2020

Abstract

Injection is a common technique and has an essential role in prevention and treatment. Safety injection practice had been instructed by the Ministry of Health in 2012 in order to enhance injecting quality. This was a cross-sectional study, had been implemented aimed to describing safety injection practice of clinical nurses in Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine in 2020. The study recruited 55 clinical nurses and was implemented from June to November 2020. 495 injections, including 275 intramuscular injections (5 per nurse) and 220 intravenous ones (4 per nurse), were observed. Results showed that the percentage of safety injections were 54.3% (56.4% were intramuscular injections and 51.8% were intravenous ones). In each stage of the injecting process, the percentage of safety injections were around 66.4% to 100%. Recommendations to increase training for nurses and to focus inspection and supervision on often overlooked operations at each step of the process.