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Assessing the effect of long-term availability of engineering controls on needlestick injuries among health care workers: A 3-year preimplementation and postimplementation comparison

2001; Elsevier BV; Volume: 29; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1067/mic.2001.118404

1527-3296

Siddharta G. Reddy, Robert J. Emery,

Occupational Health and Safety Research

Health care workers are continually exposed to a number of potentially dangerous bloodborne pathogens in the workplace. Needlesticks have long been identified as being capable of transmitting more than 20 different pathogens, including HIV and hepatitis B and C. 1 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology APIC position paper: prevention of device-mediated bloodborne infections to health care workers. Am J Infect Control. 1998; 26: 578-580 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (12) Google Scholar In November 1999, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a revised directive to ensure uniform inspection procedures to better enforce the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, an update of the previous directive on inspection uniformity contained within it. 2 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Enforcement procedures for the occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens (instruction). 1999 Google Scholar This standard was signed into law Nov 6, 2000, and became effective April 18, 2001. 3 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Web site. Prevention is the best medicine: OSHA announces outreach effort on needlestick prevention [national news relase]. http://www.osha.gov/media/oshnews/may01/national-20010509.htmlDate: May 2000 Google Scholar The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has also created a Web site (www.osha-slc.gov/needlesticks/index.html ) with the latest information on needlestick injuries, including current research, legislation, and news releases. 4 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Web site. Needlestick injuries. http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/needlestick/index.htmlDate: April 2000 Google Scholar