Needle-stick injuries in the National Health Service: a culture of silence
Open Access
- 30 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Vol. 97 (7) , 326-327
- https://doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.97.7.326
Abstract
Injury by contaminated sharp instruments and needles constitutes a major occupational hazard for healthcare workers. In a confidential survey at a district general hospital, 300 healthcare professionals were asked about their personal experience of needle-stick injury and their attitudes to reporting.Keywords
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