Variation in blood and body fluids exposure when small-gauge needles or peripheral venous catheters were implicated: results of a 4-year surveillance in France
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serval:BIB_54EF247363D5
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Variation in blood and body fluids exposure when small-gauge needles or peripheral venous catheters were implicated: results of a 4-year surveillance in France
Journal
Am J Infect Control
Publication state
Published
Issued date
05/2006
Volume
34
Number
4
Pages
215-7
Language
english
Abstract
The blood and body fluids exposure (BBFE) risk for health care workers varies according to numerous factors. Based on a needlestick surveillance in 13 French hospitals from 1997 to 2000, we evaluated incidence and temporal trends of BBFE according to medical devices causing needlestick injuries. We observed that the BBFE incidence per 100,000 peripheral venous catheters purchased decreased from 12.9 to 4.9, whereas incidence per 100,000 subcutaneous needles purchased increased from 8.7 to 14.3.
Keywords
*Health Care Surveys, *Health Personnel, *Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional, Blood-Borne Pathogens, Body Fluids, Catheterization, Peripheral/adverse effects/instrumentation, Communicable Diseases/transmission, France/epidemiology, Humans, Incidence, Needlestick Injuries/*epidemiology, Occupational Exposure/*statistics & numerical data, Risk Assessment
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