Toronto hospital reduces sharps injuries by 80%, eliminates blood collection injuries. A case study: Toronto East General Hospital pioneers healthcare worker safety.
Healthc Q. 2006;9(1):68-70, 4.
Toronto hospital reduces sharps injuries by 80%, eliminates blood collection injuries. A case study: Toronto East General Hospital pioneers healthcare worker safety.
‘Visser L.
Planning, Partnerships and Public Relations at Toronto East General Hospital.’
Needlestick and other sharps injuries are a key Canadian public health issue, affecting 70,000 people per year and costing some dollar 140 million. A safety program at Toronto East General Hospital–focusing on blood collection and patient injection–achieved an 80% reduction in injuries within one year (from 41 in 2003 to eight in 2004), with blood collection injuries eliminated entirely.
MeSH Terms: Blood Specimen Collection/instrumentation – Blood-Borne Pathogens – Equipment Design – Hospitals, Urban/organization & administration* – Hospitals, Urban/standards – Humans – Infusions, Intravenous/instrumentation – Injections/instrumentation
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