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Remington L Nevin1, Ivan Carbonell, Veronica Thurmond
1Army Medical Surveillance Activity, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA. remington.nevin@us.army.mil
Abstract:
The device-specific needlestick injury (NSI) rate provides a means of comparing rates of injury between work sites and institutions over time. We performed a retrospective study of intravenous and percutaneous injection NSI at a large military teaching hospital using electronic purchase records and occupational NSI exposure forms to define action levels for process improvements. A rate of 2.25 NSI per 100,000 intravenous needles and 2.21 NSI per 100,000 percutaneous needles was found.
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