"Hepatitis B (HB) Infection and Sharps Injury in Laundry Workers."

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, "Hospital laundry workers are at risk of injury and infection when contaminated sharp objects are hidden in dirty laundry. We investigated the prevalence of HB and occurrence of sharps injury among 49 laundry workers at our 1,200 bed hospital laundries in 1990. In late 1992 we did a follow-up (post-OSHA) mail survey of hospital laundries. Of our 49 laundry workers, 85% were black and 65% were female. Eleven were HBsAg positive. None had definable non-occupational risk factors...

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