A view of sharps injuries.

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• Personal Author:
  Hughes N ; Ogg M ; Phillips EK
• Description:
  On November 6, 2010, we marked the anniversary of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act. Significant progress has been made in reducing blood-borne pathogen injuries. Safer engineered devices are available. Yet, registered nurses and other healthcare workers continue to sustain needlesticks and other sharps injuries at an alarming rate in healthcare. This 60 minute webinar provides an overview of sharps injuries at this time, including data collection by University of Virginia's Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet) and addressing sharps safety in the perioperative area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hematologic Diseases Needlestick Injuries Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Bloodborne-pathogens Data-processing Exposure-assessment Exposure-methods Health-hazards Injuries Injury-prevention Needlestick-injuries Occupational-accidents Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-medicine Risk-factors Safety-measures Surveillance-programs Task-performance Work-environment Work-performance Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
• Document Type:
  Moving Image
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Videorecording
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044882
• Citation:
  Pensacola, FL: American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 2011 Jun; :webinar
• Contact Point Address:
  Elayne Kornblatt Phillips, RN, MPH, PhD, University of Virginia, International Healthcare Safety Center, 1224 Jefferson Park Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Virginia, Charlottesville
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20080715
• Source Full Name:
  A view of sharps injuries
• End Date:
  20110714
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f5d32ae64babc72c0de7dfcdf3810b400e6355cc075b127fe92cf62fb10fa57f794adeea9f317d4f16af66c498ac2103e949bb94d6c2b37f836a4bc7d7216f71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248362/cdc_248362_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 125.47 KB ]