Occupational Risk

Veterinarians' Needlestick Injury Data Have Implications for Health Care Workers

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 13th, 1998

Two out of every three female veterinarians have reported accidental needlestick wounds while they were on the job, according to a recent study funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The injured veterinarians reported side effects in 16.4 percent of the unintentional needlestick wounds, ranging from many cases of mild irritation to one miscarriage.

The study, published in a recent issue of Occupational Medicine, pointed out that veterinarians often use several of the same medications that are used by other physicians.

"One of the rationales for doing the study was the fact that some of the medications and exposures...

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