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Electronic control device prongs: a growing cause of bloodborne pathogen exposure?

dc.contributor.authorBradbury, Susan L.
dc.contributor.authorReznek, Martin A.
dc.contributor.authorSullivan, Susan
dc.contributor.authorAdamo, Philip
dc.contributor.authorMack, Deborah Ann
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.submitted2015-12-18
dc.identifier.citationBradbury SL, Reznek M, Sullivan S, Adamo P, Mack D, Ellison RT 3rd. Electronic control device prongs: a growing cause of bloodborne pathogen exposure? Am J Infect Control. 2015 Dec 1;43(12):1373-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.015. PubMed PMID: 26654240.
dc.identifier.issn1527-3296
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.015
dc.identifier.pmid26654240
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34998
dc.description.abstractElectronic control devices (ECDs) are now being used by many law enforcement agencies as nonlethal means to subdue individuals. The devices fire 2 small dart-like probes into a target individual that attach through the skin with a fishhook-like prong and remain attached to the weapon to deliver an electronic shock to disrupt voluntary muscle control. For the first time in our reported sharps exposure history, 2 separate BBP exposures involving ECD probes were reported at our medical center in the months of April and May of 2015. The first involved a staff member in our medical center's emergency department (ED) and the second concerned a law enforcement officer.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=26654240&dopt=Abstract">Link to article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.015
dc.subjectConducted Energy Weapon Injuries
dc.subjecttaser injuries
dc.subjectsharp injuries
dc.subjectEmergency Medicine
dc.subjectInfectious Disease
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.titleElectronic control device prongs: a growing cause of bloodborne pathogen exposure?
dc.typeLetter to the Editor
dc.source.journaltitleAmerican journal of infection control
dc.source.volume43
dc.source.issue12
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/infdis_pp/217
dc.identifier.contextkey7962751
html.description.abstract<p>Electronic control devices (ECDs) are now being used by many law enforcement agencies as nonlethal means to subdue individuals. The devices fire 2 small dart-like probes into a target individual that attach through the skin with a fishhook-like prong and remain attached to the weapon to deliver an electronic shock to disrupt voluntary muscle control. For the first time in our reported sharps exposure history, 2 separate BBP exposures involving ECD probes were reported at our medical center in the months of April and May of 2015. The first involved a staff member in our medical center's emergency department (ED) and the second concerned a law enforcement officer.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathinfdis_pp/217
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
dc.contributor.departmentEmployee Health & Occupational Injury Care and Wellness
dc.contributor.departmentEmployee Health Services
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Emergency Medicine
dc.contributor.departmentInfection Control
dc.source.pages1373-4


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