HIV/AIDS

Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 9th, 2007

A survey of nearly 700 surgical residents in 17 U.S. medical centers finds that more than half failed to report needle-stick injuries involving patients whose blood could be a source of HIV, hepatitis and other infections.

Authors of the report — appearing in the June 28 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine — say most residents in the survey falsely believe that reporting and getting timely medical attention won’t prevent infection. Residents also say reporting takes “too much time” and interrupts their work.

“The fact that we have so many residents who fail to understand the importance of timely reporting of needle-stick exposures in order...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-07-09)

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