Accidental Needlestick Exposures linked to the Administration of Local Anesthesia by Healthcare Workers
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Hannah | |
dc.contributor.author | Hermos, Christina | |
dc.contributor.author | Barysauskas, Constance M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bradbury, Susan L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sullivan, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Ellison, Richard T. III | |
dc.date | 2022-08-11T08:09:09.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-23T16:19:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-23T16:19:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2015-12-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Dec;36(12):1487-8. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.229. Epub 2015 Oct 9. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.229">Link to article on publisher's site</a> | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0899-823X (Linking) | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/ice.2015.229 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 26449423 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34996 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Massachusetts Department of Public Health mandates that all Massachusetts hospitals maintain an active log to track sharps injuries due to the health risks related to such injuries. These logs are used to guide continuous quality improvement activities aimed at preventing sharps injuries. A review of sharps injuries at UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) in 2013 showed a seemingly high incidence occurring among healthcare workers who were administering local anesthesia. We undertook an investigation of the relative rate of needlesticks associated with local anesthesia administration compared to the rate of all sharps injuries over a 10-year period. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.relation | <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=26449423&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a> | |
dc.rights | © 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Publisher PDF will be posted after a 12-month embargo as allowed by the publisher's author rights policy at http://www.press.uchicago.edu/journals/jrnl_rights.html. | |
dc.subject | Clinical Epidemiology | |
dc.subject | Health Services Administration | |
dc.subject | Infectious Disease | |
dc.title | Accidental Needlestick Exposures linked to the Administration of Local Anesthesia by Healthcare Workers | |
dc.type | Letter to the Editor | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Infection control and hospital epidemiology | |
dc.source.volume | 36 | |
dc.source.issue | 12 | |
dc.identifier.legacyfulltext | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1214&context=infdis_pp&unstamped=1 | |
dc.identifier.legacycoverpage | https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/infdis_pp/215 | |
dc.legacy.embargo | 2016-12-01T00:00:00-08:00 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 7910530 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-08-23T16:19:14Z | |
html.description.abstract | <p>The Massachusetts Department of Public Health mandates that all Massachusetts hospitals maintain an active log to track sharps injuries due to the health risks related to such injuries. These logs are used to guide continuous quality improvement activities aimed at preventing sharps injuries. A review of sharps injuries at UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) in 2013 showed a seemingly high incidence occurring among healthcare workers who were administering local anesthesia. We undertook an investigation of the relative rate of needlesticks associated with local anesthesia administration compared to the rate of all sharps injuries over a 10-year period.</p> | |
dc.identifier.submissionpath | infdis_pp/215 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology | |
dc.source.pages | 1487-8 |