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Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Surgeons: A Survey of Attitudes and Perceptions Five Years Following Universal Precautions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Farrin A. Manian
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Abstract

A mail survey of surgeons at our medical center 5 years following adoption of Universal Precautions revealed that 29% estimated having ≥1 potentially serious blood or body fluid exposures (BBEs) per month. Failure to report BBEs (usually needlesticks) to the employee health department was common, and the majority of surgeons in practice for ≥10 years never reported such exposures. The most commonly cited reason for not reporting BBEs was perceived low risk of acquiring bloodborne infections.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 172 - 174
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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