Sharps Injuries and Other Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Home Health Care Nurses and Aides | Zendy

Margaret Quinn | Zendy; Pia Markkanen | Zendy; Catherine Galligan | Zendy; David Kriebel | Zendy; Stephanie Chalupka | Zendy; Hyun Kim | Zendy; Rebecca Gore | Zendy; Susan Sama | Zendy; Angela K. Laramie | Zendy; Letitia Davis | Zendy

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Sharps Injuries and Other Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Home Health Care Nurses and Aides

Author(s) -

Margaret Quinn,

Pia Markkanen,

Catherine Galligan,

David Kriebel,

Stephanie Chalupka,

Hyun Kim,

Rebecca Gore,

Susan Sama,

Angela K. Laramie,

Letitia Davis

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.150169

Subject(s) - medicine , occupational safety and health , health care , health hazard , medical emergency , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , family medicine , emergency medicine , nursing , physics , pathology , optics , economics , economic growth

We quantified risks of sharp medical device (sharps) injuries and other blood and body fluid exposures among home health care nurses and aides, identified risk factors, assessed the use of sharps with safety features, and evaluated underreporting in workplace-based surveillance.

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