"InterLink System Demonstrates Substantial Decrease in Blood and Body Fluid Exposures."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the Frontline Healthcare Workers: National Conference on Prevention of Sharps Injuries and Bloodborne Exposures, held August 14-16, 1995, in Atlanta, Georgia, "Blood and body fluid exposures (BBFE) are one of the leading causes of occupational injury in a hospital setting. The potential effects to the health care workers are numerous, including: anxiety; human immunodeficiency virus; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; and other bloodborne infections. A retrospective five-year descriptive study from 1988-1992 was conducted at a 675 bed tertiary care center. The study was undertaken to determine if the introduction of a needleless system would...

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