Open AccessToronto Hospital Reduces Sharps Injuries by 80%, Eliminates Blood Collection Injuries
Author(s) -
Laura Visser
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
healthcare quarterly
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1929-6347
DOI - 10.12927/hcq..17907
Subject(s) - blood collection , medicine , liberian dollar , medical emergency , public health , activity based costing , emergency medicine , nursing , business , finance , marketing
Needlestick and other sharps injuries are a key Canadian public health issue, affecting 70,000 people per year and costing some dollar 140 million. A safety program at Toronto East General Hospital--focusing on blood collection and patient injection--achieved an 80% reduction in injuries within one year (from 41 in 2003 to eight in 2004), with blood collection injuries eliminated entirely.