Occupational Safety

EMS Workers Reduce Injury Risk With Switch To Self-Retracting Device

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 6th, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A University of Arizona investigator proposes that by switching to self-retracting lancets, emergency medical system (EMS) workers can reduce their risk for needle-stick injuries and limit the possibility of acquiring bloodborne infections while at the same time reducing annualized treatment costs.

Wayne F. Peate, a professor of public health and community environmental policy in the University's College of Public Health, Tucson, led the occupational health investigation. Although there was a minimal cost increase associated with use of the self-retracting lancet device, in terms of treatment costs its use became...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-08-06)

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