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Pediatric injuries from needles discarded in the community: epidemiology and risk of seroconversion.
OBJECTIVES: Although anxiety exists concerning the perceived risk of...
Direct Link | 23rd August, 2008
| Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal
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A prospective randomized trial of two safety peripheral intravenous catheters.
BACKGROUND: To reduce the risk of accidental needlestick injuries, first...
Direct Link | 22nd August, 2008
| Department of Anesthesiology, Military Teaching Hospital Sainte Anne,
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An exploratory study of needlestick injuries among Australian prison officers.
Prison officers face multiple occupational hazards including needlestick...
Direct Link | 14th August, 2008
| National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales,
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Integration of safety technologies into rheumatology and orthopedics practices: a randomized, controlled trial.
OBJECTIVE: To identify and integrate new safety technologies into...
Direct Link | 9th August, 2008
| University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131,
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Occupational exposure and rapid HIV test.
BACKGROUND: To reduce the risk of accidental needlestick injuries, first...
Direct Link | 7th August, 2008
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Characteristics of persons and jobs with needlestick injuries in a national data set.
BACKGROUND: Physicians, nurses, and others are at risk of needlesticks,...
Direct Link | 5th August, 2008
| Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, Department of Public Health
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Determination of Risk of Infection with Blood-borne Pathogens Following a Needlestick Injury in Hospital Workers.
OBJECTIVES: Our paper measures the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV),...
Direct Link | 31st July, 2008
| Occupational Health Service, University Hospital, Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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| An issue that can't be contained.
| 31st July, 2008
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Jet Injection of 1% buffered lidocaine versus topical ELA-Max for anesthesia before peripheral intravenous catheterization in children: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND: Peripheral intravenous (PIV) catheter insertion is a frequent,...
Direct Link | 23rd July, 2008
| Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Department of Pediatrics,
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Needlestuck.
As a current case of needlestick injury (NSI) has demonstrated, it is...
Direct Link | 19th July, 2008
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[HIV testing after needlestick injury: must the index patient be informed?]
As a current case of needlestick injury (NSI) has demonstrated, it is...
Direct Link | 17th July, 2008
| Betriebsarztlicher Dienst, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat
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| Top 10 health technology hazards: are you protecting your patients from these high-priority risks?
| 17th July, 2008
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The reporting of needlestick injuries sustained in theatre by surgeons: are we under-reporting?
Surgeons frequently sustain needlestick injuries when operating. The aim...
Direct Link | 8th July, 2008
| Maidstone Hospital, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Iranian Surgeons About Blood-Borne Diseases.
BACKGROUND: Perhaps more than any other healthcare worker, it is the...
Direct Link | 5th July, 2008
| Surgery Department, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,
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| Blunt suture needles.
| 2nd July, 2008
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