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[Collecting sharp instruments: useful or not?].

D N Patrick
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78 per cent of the exposure incident are needle punctures (40 per cent during recapping of the needle). Housekeeping personnel, laboratory personnel, nursing personnel, dentists and physicians experienced the highest incidence of needle stick injuries. Many needle stick injuries can be prevented by not recapping used needles and using a rigid punction resistant needle disposal system.

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Dental WasteHealth PersonnelHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalMedical Waste DisposalNeedlesNeedlestick InjuriesOccupational DiseasesEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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D N Patrick. 1993. [Collecting sharp instruments: useful or not?].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8090962/

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