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Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Among Theatre Care Professionals (Open LEARNING Zone) (Report)

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  • Title: Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Among Theatre Care Professionals (Open LEARNING Zone) (Report)
  • Author : Journal of Perioperative Practice
  • Release Date : January 01, 2010
  • Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 221 KB

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Health care professionals are exposed to blood and other body fluids in the course of their work (Al-Benna et al 2008). The World Health Organisation (2003) estimates that 9% of the 35 million healthcare professionals worldwide will experience percutaneous exposure to bloodborne pathogens each year (WHO 2003). In the UK about 100,000 sharps injuries occur in NHS hospitals each year (Trim & Elliott 2003). This is 17% of all accidents involving NHS staff (NAO 2003). Four percent of NHS staff sustain from 1 to 6.2 sharps injuries each year. These injuries occur mainly in clinical areas such as wards and theatres, but also in non-clinical areas due to accidental handling of inappropriately discarded sharps (Trim & Elliott 2003, Waterson 2004). Percutaneous injuries involving hollowbore needles remain the most commonly reported occupational exposures in the healthcare setting (HPA 2010). Consequently, workers are at risk of infection with bloodborne viruses including human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and bacterial infections (Al-Benna et al 2008). KEYWORDS Needlestick injuries / Sharps injuries / Penetrating wounds / Stab wounds


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