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CDC publishes new workbook to protect health care workers from sharps injuries
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 21st, 2004
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a new tool to protect health care personnel from injuries caused by needlesticks and other sharp medical instruments. Such injuries can lead to diseases, such as hepatitis B and C and AIDS. These diseases may be caused when a health care worker is accidentally stuck by needles or other devices that are contaminated with the blood of an infected patient.
CDC estimates that hospital workers sustain more than 1000 injuries a day from contaminated needles and other sharp devices used during the delivery of patient care. CDC data suggest that at least 65% of these injuries are preventable by using safer...
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