Sharp Incident WHITE Data Scrape

Keyword Search Parameters

blood_keywords <- c("blood", "bled", "bleed", "bleeding", "bloody", "bloods")

neeedlestick_keywords <- c("poke", "prick", "needlestick", "needle stick", "pricked", "puncture", "poked", "needlesticked", "needle sticked", "sticked", "stabbed", "poking", "through the cap", "punctured", "needlesticks", "lancet")

purple_keywords <- c("purple")

recap_keywords <- c("recapped", "recapping", "recap", "re cap", "re capping", "re capped", "re-cap", "re-capped", "re-capping")

high_risk_keywords <- c("high risk")

low_risk_keywords <- c("low risk")

tool_syringe_keywords <- c("syringe")

tool_scalpel_keywords <- c("scalpel", "scalpels")

tool_sharp_keywords <- c("sharps", "sharp", "broken glass", "razor", "blade")

tool_needle_keywords <- c("needlestick", "needle stick", "poke", "prick", "needlesticked", "needle sticked", "sticked", "stabbed", "stab", "poking", "through the cap", "punctured", "auto injector")

tool_suture_keywords <- c("suture", "sutured", "suturing")

tool_saw_keywords <- c("bandsaw", "band saw")

tool_scissors_keywords <- c("scissor", "scissors")

Results

Incident Table

Total needlestick incidents by Occupation, Facility, and Tool since January 2020 (> 10 incidents, descending).

Occupation	Department	Tool	Count
Direct Patient Care - Profile Classification - Level 3	Operating Rooms-VGH	SUTURE	31
Direct Patient Care - Profile Classification - Level 3	Acute Medicine-VGH	NEEDLE	26
Resident II	BCIR-Van.Hospital (12th-Oak)-VGH	NEEDLE	26
Resident I	BCIR-Van.Hospital (12th-Oak)-VGH	SUTURE	25
Resident II	BCIR-Van.Hospital (12th-Oak)-VGH	SUTURE	24
Direct Patient Care - Profile Classification - Level 3	Operating Rooms-VGH	NEEDLE	23
Resident I	BCIR-Van.Hospital (12th-Oak)-VGH	NEEDLE	19
Resident III	BCIR-Van.Hospital (12th-Oak)-VGH	NEEDLE	15
Direct Patient Care - Profile Classification - Level 3	Intensive Care Unit-VGH	NEEDLE	14
Direct Patient Care - Profile Classification - Level 3	Emergency-VGH	NEEDLE	13
Direct Patient Care - Profile Classification - Level 3	Urology_Gynaec-VGH	NEEDLE	13
Direct Patient Care - Profile Classification - Level 3	Vascular Surg_Gen Surg T8-VGH	NEEDLE	13
Nursing Assistant II (Sterile Supply)	Medical Device Reprocess Dept-VGH	NEEDLE	12
Resident IV	BCIR-Van.Hospital (12th-Oak)-VGH	NEEDLE	12
Community Health Worker 2	HS Richmond - CHW-RHS Community	NEEDLE	11

Incident Visualization

Total needlestick incidents and tool types since January 2020.

Related Findings

• Request Provincial Workplace Call Centre to specify “Occupation” in greater detail (i.e., enforce selection and not “Direct Patient Care”)
• Vancouver General Hospital has the greatest likelihood of “High Risk” needle incidents
• Community Health - Level 3 has greatest number of “High Risk” and “recapping” needlestick incidents (outside of “Direct Patient Care”)
• Licensed Practical Nurse 1 and Resident 1 next highest total count for “High Risk” needlestick incidents
• ‘Purple’ status is unlikely to be correlated with needlestick injuries