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Impact of Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (HR5178) on Hospital Worker Injury.


PB2014109126

Publication Date 2012
Personal Author Phillips, E. K.
Page Count 33
Abstract Percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharp devices remain an important issue for healthcare workers despite improvements over the past two decades. H.R.5178 (the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act), enacted in 2000, was intended to protect a high-risk population from injury while performing routine, albeit hazardous procedures. This study quantified changes in hospital worker injury rates associated with the legislation. We employed a historical prospective study design, using surveillance data maintained at the University of Virginia International Healthcare Worker Safety Center. We tracked annual injury rates from 1995 through 2005 (reflecting 23,908 reported injuries from 85 hospitals across 10 states). In addition to calculating changes in overall rates, we estimated job-specific annual injury rates for nurses, the employee group experiencing the largest number of occupational sharps injuries. We analyzed the changes in rates using various denominators (FTEs, beds, admissions).
Keywords
  • Needles
  • Injuries
  • Health care personnel
  • Legislation
  • Medical equipment
  • Medical personnel
  • Nurses
  • Occupational exposure
  • Occupational hazards
  • Prevention
  • Risk
  • Safety
  • Statistical data
  • Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
Source Agency
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 44H - Health Care Technology
  • 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors
Corporate Authors Virginia Univ., Charlottesville. School of Medicine.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 201426
Impact of Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (HR5178) on Hospital Worker Injury.
Impact of Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (HR5178) on Hospital Worker Injury.
PB2014109126

  • Needles
  • Injuries
  • Health care personnel
  • Legislation
  • Medical equipment
  • Medical personnel
  • Nurses
  • Occupational exposure
  • Occupational hazards
  • Prevention
  • Risk
  • Safety
  • Statistical data
  • Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 44H - Health Care Technology
  • 44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors
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