Laboratory-acquired infections and injuries in clinical laboratories: a 1986 survey.
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 78 (9) , 1213-1215
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.78.9.1213
Abstract
A mail survey of all 54 US State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories and the 165 Hospital Clinical Laboratories in Minnesota was carried out, soliciting information on laboratory-acquired infections and injuries for calendar year 1986. The aggregate infection incidence rates were 3.5/1,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers for hospital laboratories and 1.43/1,000 for public health laboratories. Injury rates were 21.2/100 FTE workers for hospital laboratories and 7.21/100 for public health labs.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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