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Potential bloodborne pathogen exposure from occult mattress damage

Bradbury, Susan L.
; 
Mack, Deborah Ann
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Crofts, Terri
; 
Ellison, Richard T. III
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Bradbury, Susan L.
Mack, Deborah Ann
Crofts, Terri
Ellison, Richard T. III
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Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
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Journal Article
Publication Date
2014-04-01
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*Beds
 Blood-Borne Pathogens
 *Body Fluids
 *Environmental Exposure
 Humans
 Male
 Fluid
 Infectious Disease
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.011
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A near-miss patient incident involving body fluid seeping from a mattress led to a visual inspection of 656 hospital bed mattresses of which 177 were contaminated because of occult damage to mattress covers.

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Am J Infect Control. 2014 Apr;42(4):421-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.011. Epub 2014 Feb 20.Link to article on publisher's site

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10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.011
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34991
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