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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorHermos, Christina
dc.contributor.authorBarysauskas, Constance M.
dc.contributor.authorBradbury, Susan L.
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, Susan
dc.contributor.authorEllison, Richard T. III
dc.date2022-08-11T08:09:09.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T16:19:14Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T16:19:14Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-01
dc.date.submitted2015-12-07
dc.identifier.citationInfect 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.issn0899-823X (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/ice.2015.229
dc.identifier.pmid26449423
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34996
dc.description.abstractThe 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.isoen_US
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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.subjectClinical Epidemiology
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectInfectious Disease
dc.titleAccidental Needlestick Exposures linked to the Administration of Local Anesthesia by Healthcare Workers
dc.typeLetter to the Editor
dc.source.journaltitleInfection control and hospital epidemiology
dc.source.volume36
dc.source.issue12
dc.identifier.legacyfulltexthttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1214&amp;context=infdis_pp&amp;unstamped=1
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/infdis_pp/215
dc.legacy.embargo2016-12-01T00:00:00-08:00
dc.identifier.contextkey7910530
refterms.dateFOA2022-08-23T16:19:14Z
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.submissionpathinfdis_pp/215
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
dc.source.pages1487-8


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