نتایج جستجو برای: soil borne pathogens
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In the fall of 2008, light was shed on the practice of syringe re-use occurring in western Canada (Government of Alberta, 2009). In this situation, syringes had been re-used between patients to administer sedating medication through patient intravenous (IV) lines (Government of Alberta, 2009). Later it was reported that other incidents of syringe re-use had occurred in Canada (CBC News-Edmonton...
CONCERN about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other bloodborne pathogens is rising throughout society as infection becomes more prevalent. Many members of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) have expressed the need for an official statement from the Society that addresses practice issues unique to interventional radiology. As a result, the SIR Subcommittee on HIV and Bloodborne...
The aim of this study was to assess the risk of blood and body fluid exposure among non-hospital based registered nurses (RNs) employed in New York State. The study population was mainly unionized public sector workers, employed in state institutions. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by a random stratified sample of members of the New York State Nurses Association and registered ...
OBJECTIVES Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare providers related to occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens were assessed in a tertiary-care hospital in Middle East. METHODS A cross-sectional study was undertaken using a self-administered questionnaire based on 3 paired (infectivity known vs. not known-suspected) case studies. Only 17 out of 230 respondents had an exposure...
Healthcare workers who use or may be exposed to needles are at risk of needlestick injuries, which can lead to serious infections by bloodborne pathogens. These injuries can be avoided by eliminating the unnecessary use of needles and using safety devices. The present study was aimed at evaluating the impact of a safety-engineered device, with passive fully automatic needlestick protection, on ...
Prevention of percutaneous sharps injuries in perioperative settings remains a challenge. Occupational transmission of bloodborne pathogens, not only from patients to health care providers but also from health care providers to patients, is a significant concern. Legislation and position statements geared toward ensuring the safety of patients and health care workers have not resulted in signif...
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvir.2013 None of the authors have identifie From the Department of Interve Texas Medical Branch, 301 Univ Department of Radiology (R.G.D.) North Carolina; Department of Rad New York, New York; Department Medical Group, Sacramento, Ca Department of Radiology (M.S.S.), Massachusetts; Department of R Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ventional Radiology (G.B.), Meir M...
BACKGROUND To analyze occupational exposures to blood-borne pathogens among workers of a 130-bed hospital of surgical profile in the Małopolska province. MATERIAL AND METHODS All cases of occupational exposure recorded in the hospital in the years 1998-2013 were analyzed, taking into account exposure rates (no. of incidents / no. of exposed workers x100%) and the frequency, circumstances, pro...
Methods The Infectious Diseases Unit at Bolzano Hospital is the point of reference for all NI occurring inand outside the hospital within the sanitary district (approx. 215,000 inhabitants). For each case noticed, a record form is drawn up by nurses, who take care of registration and demographics, occupation of the worker involved, timing of NI, and by physicians thereafter, who record cause of...
Surgical team members are known to have a higher incidence of percutaneous injuries compared with other health care workers, which increases surgical personnel's risk both of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and acquiring bloodborne illnesses. The purpose of this integrative review was to determine whether double gloving reduces the surgical team member's risk of percutaneous injury when compar...
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