Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 62-71 , 2008

The impact of U.S. policies to protect healthcare workers from bloodborne pathogens: The critical role of safety-engineered devices

  • Janine Jagger

      Affiliations

    • International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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  • Jane Perry

      Affiliations

    • International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 800764, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Tel.: +1 434 982 3763; fax: +1 434 982 0821.
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  • Ahmed Gomaa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluation and Health Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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  • Elayne Kornblatt Phillips

      Affiliations

    • International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA

Received 2 October 2008 ,Revised 16 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 October 2008.

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    Increase in percent market share of three safety devices, U.S., 1998–2003. 1998–2005 data represents all U.S. hospitals; data for 1998 and 2001 additionally includes alternate sites (clinics, offices,

    Increase in percent market share of three safety devices, U.S., 1998–2003. 1998–2005 data represents all U.S. hospitals; data for 1998 and 2001 additionally includes alternate sites (clinics, offices, labs).

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    Injury rates from hollow-bore needles: safety versus conventional, U.S. EPINet 1993–2004. 87 hospitals; total injuries=18,975 (excludes injuries occurring before use of device).

    Injury rates from hollow-bore needles: safety versus conventional, U.S. EPINet 1993–2004. 87 hospitals; total injuries=18,975 (excludes injuries occurring before use of device).

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    U.S. EPINet: device-specific injury rates before (1993–2000) and after (2001–2004) passage of Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (November 2000). 87 hospitals; total injuries=10,778 (excludes injur

    U.S. EPINet: device-specific injury rates before (1993–2000) and after (2001–2004) passage of Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (November 2000). 87 hospitals; total injuries=10,778 (excludes injuries occurring before use of device).

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    U.S. EPINet: comparison of surgical and non-surgical injury rates, 1993–2003. 87 hospitals; total injuries=28,895 (excludes injuries occurring before use of device).

    U.S. EPINet: comparison of surgical and non-surgical injury rates, 1993–2003. 87 hospitals; total injuries=28,895 (excludes injuries occurring before use of device).

PII: S1876-0341(08)00029-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.10.002

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 62-71 , 2008

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