Educational intervention vs no intervention: Needle stick injuries
Educational intervention showed no clear difference in needle stick injuries, questionnaires, 6 mo (RCT) compared with no intervention (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Educational intervention vs no intervention Needle stick injuries, questionnaires, 6 mo (RCT) · Healthcare workers Educational intervention showed no clear difference in needle stick injuries, questionnaires, 6 mo (RCT) compared with no intervention (low certainty). Education and training for preventing sharps injuries and splash exposures in healthcare workers (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.53 [0.21, 1.35] | 167 participants | Low |
Educational intervention vs no intervention Needle stick injuries, hospital registers, 6 mo (RCT) · Healthcare workers Educational intervention showed no clear difference in needle stick injuries, hospital registers, 6 mo (RCT) compared with no intervention (low certainty). Education and training for preventing sharps injuries and splash exposures in healthcare workers (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.91 [0.38, 2.2] | 529 participants | Low |
Educational intervention vs no intervention Needle stick injuries, questionnaires, 12 mo (RCT) · Healthcare workers Educational intervention showed no clear difference in needle stick injuries, questionnaires, 12 mo (RCT) compared with no intervention (low certainty). Education and training for preventing sharps injuries and splash exposures in healthcare workers (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.41 [0.14, 1.21] | 168 participants | Low |
Educational intervention vs no intervention Needle stick injuries, hospital registers, 12 mo (RCT) · Healthcare workers Educational intervention showed no clear difference in needle stick injuries, hospital registers, 12 mo (RCT) compared with no intervention (low certainty). Education and training for preventing sharps injuries and splash exposures in healthcare workers (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.46 [0.16, 1.3] | 529 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training for preventing sharps injuries and splash exposures in healthcare workers 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.