Needlestick injuries among employees at a nationwide retail pharmacy chain, 2000-2011

Publié le 09 avril 2013 • Catégorie(s) : Accident d'exposition au sang •

Auteur    Marie A de Perio
Résumé    We reviewed a nationwide retail pharmacy chain’s centralized needlestick injury reports. From 2000 to 2011, 33 needlestick injuries were reported by 31 different pharmacy locations and were likely preventable. The annual incidence of needlestick injuries ranged from 0 to 3.62 per 100,000 vaccinations and ranged from 0 to 5.65 per 1,000 immunizing pharmacists.
Publication    Infection control and hospital epidemiology: the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
Volume    33
Numéro    11
Pages    1156-1158
Date    Nov 2012