Premium
AORN's Multisite Clinical Study of Bloodborne Exposures in OR Personnel
Author(s) -
Thompson Julie
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)63230-4
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , medicine , perioperative , family medicine , nursing , surgery
Perioperative nurses are participating in a multisite clinical study to identify risk factors for blood and body fluid exposures in OR settings and to create a surveillance database that can be used to assess the benefits of strategies to prevent these exposures. The project is funded by a grant from Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, to the AORN Foundation and is coordinated by an AORN Headquarters nurse in collaboration with the primary investigator at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. This article reports the study's implementation and current status. AORN J 63 (Feb 1996) 428–434.