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An enzyme-mediated assay to quantify inoculation volume delivered by suture needlestick injury: two gloves are better than one.
DR Lefebvre, LF Strande, CW Hewitt, J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jan:113-22 |
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Risk of HIV-1 transmission for parenteral exposure and blood transfusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
RF Baggaley, MC Boily, RG White, M Alary, AIDS. 2006 Apr 4:805-12 |
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A long-term study of sharps injuries among health care workers in Japan.
Y Nagao, H Baba, K Torii, M Nagao, K Hatakeyama, Y Iinuma, S Ichiyama, K Shimokata, M Ohta, Am J Infect Control. 2007 Aug:407-11 |
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Costs of management of occupational exposures to blood and body fluids.
EM O'Malley, RD Scott 2nd, J Gayle, J Dekutoski, M Foltzer, TS Lundstrom, S Welbel, LA Chiarello, AL Panlilio, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jul:774-82 |
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Costs of needlestick injuries and subsequent hepatitis and HIV infection.
JP Leigh, M Gillen, P Franks, S Sutherland, HH Nguyen, K Steenland, G Xing, Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Sep:2093-105 |
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Efficacy of safety-engineered device implementation in the prevention of percutaneous injuries: a review of published studies.
S Tuma, KA Sepkowitz, Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Apr 15:1159-70 |
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Injuries from needles contaminated with hepatitis C virus: how high is the risk of seroconversion for medical personnel really?
A Kubitschke, C Bader, HL Tillmann, MP Manns, S Kuhn, H Wedemeyer, Internist (Berl). 2007 Oct:1165-72 |
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Needlestick and other potential blood and body fluid exposures among health care workers in British Columbia, Canada.
H Alamgir, Y Cvitkovich, G Astrakianakis, S Yu, A Yassi, Am J Infect Control. 2008 Feb:12-21 |
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Non-hospital based registered nurses and the risk of bloodborne pathogen exposure.
RR Gershon, KA Qureshi, M Pogorzelska, J Rosen, KM Gebbie, PW Brandt-Rauf, MF Sherman, Ind Health. 2007 Oct:695-704 |
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Prevalence and prevention of needlestick injuries among health care workers in a German university hospital.
S Wicker, J Jung, R Allwinn, R Gottschalk, HF Rabenau, Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2008 Jan:347-54 |
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Standardization of needlestick injury and evaluation of a novel virus-inhibiting protective glove.
R Krikorian, A Lozach-Perlant, A Ferrier-Rembert, P Hoerner, P Sonntag, D Garin, JM Crance, J Hosp Infect. 2007 Aug:339-45 |
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Surveillance of occupational blood and body fluid exposures among French healthcare workers in 2004.
AG Venier, A Vincent, F L'heriteau, N Floret, H Senechal, D Abiteboul, E Reyreaud, B Coignard, P Parneix, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Oct:1196-201 |
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Use of safety devices and the prevention of percutaneous injuries among healthcare workers.
V Valls, MS Lozano, R Yánez, MJ Martínez, F Pascual, J Lloret, JA Ruiz, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Dec:1352-60 |
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Accidental needlesticks in the phlebotomy service of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic Rochester.
JC Dale, SK Pruett, MD Maker, Mayo Clin Proc. 1998 Jul:611-5 |
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AIDS update: occupational exposure & post-exposure treatment of HIV/AIDS.
K West, JEMS. 2002 Dec:48-60; quiz 62-3 |
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Clinical practice. Occupational exposure to HIV in health care settings.
JL Gerberding, N Engl J Med. 2003 Feb 27:826-33 |
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Development of guidelines on nonoccupational HIV postexposure prophylaxis for the state of Rhode Island.
RC Merchant, KH Mayer, CA Browning, Public Health Rep. 2004 Mar-Apr:136-40 |
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Double gloving: a risk reduction strategy.
CL Twomey, Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2003 Jul:369-78 |
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Insulin self-administration instruction: use of engineered sharps injury protection devices to meet OSHA regulations.
American Association of Diabetes Educators, Diabetes Educ. 2002 Sep-Oct:730-4 |
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Is acupuncture safe? A systematic review of case reports.
L Lao, GR Hamilton, J Fu, BM Berman, Altern Ther Health Med. 2003 Jan-Feb:72-83 |
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Monitoring sharps injuries: EPINet surveillance results.
L Watterson, Nurs Stand. 2004 Sep 29-Oct 5:33-8 |
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Needle stick injuries--risk from blood contact in dialysis.
A Wittmann, F Hofmann, N Kralj, J Ren Care. 2007 Apr-Jun:70-3 |
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Needleguard systems: an evaluation.
CS Sherwood, J R Soc Health. 2007 Nov:280-6 |
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Needlestick injuries among nurses of Fars province, Iran.
M Askarian, S Shaghaghian, ML McLaws, Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Dec:988-92 |
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Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act.
J Chamblee, Plast Surg Nurs. 2002 Fall:141-5 |
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Needlestick-prevention devices. Disposable syringes and injection needles.
ECRI Institute, Health Devices. 2007 Aug:241-73 |
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Percutaneous venepuncture practice in a large urban teaching hospital.
MA Little, T Hussein, M Lambert, SJ Dickson, Clin Med. 2007 Jun:243-9 |
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Perioperative use of the hands-free technique: a semistructured interview study.
B Stringer, T Haines, CH Goldsmith, J Blythe, KA Harris, AORN J. 2006 Aug:233-5, 238-48 |
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Preventing needlestick injuries among healthcare workers: a WHO-ICN collaboration.
SQ Wilburn, G Eijkemans, Int J Occup Environ Health. 2004 Oct-Dec:451-6 |
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Preventing needlestick injuries in obstetrics and gynecology: how can we improve the use of blunt tip needles in practice?
V Catanzarite, K Byrd, M McNamara, A Bombard, Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Dec:1399-403 |
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Systematic review of adherence to infection control guidelines in dentistry.
BL Gordon, FJ Burke, J Bagg, HS Marlborough, ES McHugh, J Dent. 2001 Nov:509-16 |
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The effectiveness of a training program on reducing needlestick injuries/sharp object injuries among soon graduate vocational nursing school students in southern Taiwan.
YH Yang, SH Liou, CJ Chen, CY Yang, CL Wang, CY Chen, TN Wu, J Occup Health. 2007 Sep:424-9 |
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Transmission of hepatitis C virus by needle-stick injury in community settings.
PS Haber, MM Young, L Dorrington, A Jones, J Kaldor, S De Kanzow, WD Rawlinson, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Nov:1882-5 |
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Universal precautions: a survey of community nurses' experience and practice.
G Bennett, I Mansell, J Clin Nurs. 2004 May:413-21 |