The Incidence, Perceived Causes and Knowledge of Risks of Needlestick Injury or Occupational Exposure among Doctors of Trinidad and Tobago Survey

You are invited to participate in a web-based online survey on The Incidence, Perceived Causes, and Knowledge of Risks of Needlestick Injury or Occupational Exposure among Doctors of Trinidad and Tobago. This research project is being conducted by Dr Trevor Seepaul, a Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus.  It should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

PARTICIPATION
Your participation in this survey is voluntary. You may refuse to take part in the research or exit the survey at any time without penalty. You are free to decline to answer any particular question you do not wish to answer for any reason.

BENEFITS
You will receive no direct benefits from participating in this research study. However, your responses may help us learn more about needlestick injuries and occupational exposures, ultimately guiding policies to improve occupational exposure prevention and management in healthcare workers.

RISKS
Some of the survey questions ask about needlestick Injuries and occupational exposures and may be distressing to you as you think about your experiences.

CONFIDENTIALITY
Your survey answers will be sent via a link to Google Forms where data will be stored in a password protected electronic format. Google Forms does not collect identifying information such as your name, email address, or IP address. Therefore, your responses will remain anonymous. No one will be able to identify you or your answers, and no one will know whether or not you participated in the study.

CONTACT
If you have questions at any time about the study or the procedures, you may contact the research supervisor, Dr Trevor Seepaul via phone at (868) 492-0126 or via email at Trevor.Seepaul@sta.uwi.edu

If you feel you have not been treated according to the descriptions in this form, or that your rights as a participant in research have not been honored during the course of this project, or you have any questions, concerns, or complaints that you wish to address to someone other than the investigator, you may contact the Campus Research Ethics Committee, St. Augustine UWI via email at campusethics@sta.uwi.edu