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Control Measures for Needlestick Injuries by Pinkulal Karan is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document provides information on preventing sharps injuries among healthcare workers. It estimates that there are 385,000 sharps injuries annually among hospital staff in the US, posing risks of bloodborne pathogen transmission. The risks of contracting HIV, HBV, or HCV from a single sharps injury from an infected source are estimated to be 0.3%, 6-30%, and ~2% respectively. Sharps injuries cost thousands per injury due to treatment, lost productivity, and other factors. Nurses comprise the largest occu
- Author
- Pinkulal Karan
- Language
- EN