Similar Needle Device-Specific Injury Rates in Italy and U.S.

Device-specific rates of needlestick injury at a large military teaching hospital.

The device-specific needlestick injury (NSI) rate provides a means of comparing rates of injury between work sites and institutions over time. We performed a retrospective study of intravenous and percutaneous injection NSI at a large military teaching hospital using electronic purchase records and occupational NSI exposure forms to define action levels for process improvements. A rate of 2.25 ...

Monitoring breastfeeding rates in Italy.

AIM to determine the rates of initiation and duration of breastfeeding in Italy in 1995 and 1999, and to examine the adherence to the ten steps to successful breastfeeding recommended by WHO. METHODS Two cohorts of mothers who delivered healthy infants in November 1995 (n = 2400) or November 1999 (n = 3500) were interviewed by telephone within 4 wk of delivery when their infants were 3 months...

Falling litigation rates in the US: could Ireland adopt similar measures.

Medical litigation has halved in the US over the last 10 years 1 . Rates of paid claims have decreased from 18.6 to 9.9 per 1000 physicians between 2002 and 2013. The median payment awards have reduced from $ 218,400 to $195,000 between 2007 and 2013. The consequence of this improved medico-legal environment is that the insurance premiums for doctors have lowered. In some states the premiums fo...

Induction of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury models in rat using a modified impactor device

Introduction: The use of standard rodent model, allows for the understanding of neuronal injury physiopathology and helping development of therapeutic strategies. Because of eliminating technical problems, we designed a modified impactor device with ability to induce different degrees according to kilodyne from very mild to very severe of spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI...

Development and Application of Needle Trap Device