Open AccessSharps 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,
Han Sung Kim,
Rebecca Gore,
Susan Sama,
Angela Laramie,
Lindsay 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.