Potential bloodborne pathogen exposure from occult mattress damage
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and ImmunologyDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2014-04-01Keywords
*BedsBlood-Borne Pathogens
*Body Fluids
*Environmental Exposure
Humans
Male
Fluid
Infectious Disease
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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.Source
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 siteDOI
10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.011Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34991PubMed ID
24559597Related Resources
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10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.011