【摘要】 目的:了解糖尿病患者居家处置废弃胰岛素针头、血糖试纸的情况,探讨发生原因及对策。方法:采用问卷调查法,对227例有过居家注射胰岛素或自我血糖监测经历的糖尿病患者医疗废物处置方法、有无被刺伤经历等进行回顾性调查。结果:96.47%的患者将废弃针头、血糖试纸直接混入生活垃圾,仅有3.50%的患者将其置于容器中加盖保存,但最终混入生活垃圾;43.61%的患者或家属有过废弃针刺伤经历;参加健康教育患者处理医疗垃圾行为好于未参加患者。结论:糖尿病患者居家产生的医疗废物,易传播疾病、污染环境,若处置不当可导致患者及家属刺伤。应提高医护人员及患者对医疗废物危害性的认识,加强对患者的教育,指导其采用正确的处置方法,规范糖尿病患者居家处置医疗废物行为。更多还原

【Abstract】 Objective: To investigate the current status how diabetic patients dispose their medical waste including insulin injection needles and blood glucose test papers in home-setting, and analyze the possible reasons and interventions. Methods: A self designed questionnaire was used to investigate the medical waste disposal status and needle-stick injury experience of 277 diabetic patients in home-setting. Results: Among of them, 96.47% patients put the needles and test papers into normal waste directly; only 3.5% patients put them in a capped container but mixed with normal waste at last; 43.61% patients and their family members had needle-stick injury experiences. The patients who had attended the health education program had better medical waste disposal behavior than the others. Conclusion: The medical waste of diabetic patients in home-setting has a lot of potential risk. They could pollute the environment, spread disease, and get patients and family members stick injury if managed inappropriately. We should strengthen health education to let the patients and medical staffs understand the risk of medical waste. We also should help them deal with medical waste correctly and standardize their medical waste disposal behavior at home.更多还原