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Medical Students' Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens in the Operating Room: 15 Years Later

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Connie J. Chen ,
Rachel Gallagher ,
Linda M. Gerber ,
Lewis M. Drusin  and
Richard B. Roberts
Connie J. Chen
Affiliation:
New York–Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
Rachel Gallagher
Affiliation:
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Linda M. Gerber
Affiliation:
New York–Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
Lewis M. Drusin*
Affiliation:
New York–Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
Richard B. Roberts
Affiliation:
New York–Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
*
Department of Epidemiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E. 68th St., New York, NY 10065-4885 ([email protected])
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Abstract

We compared the rates of exposure to blood in the operating room among third-year medical students during 2005-2006 with the rates reported in a study completed at the same institution during 1990-1991. The number of medical students exposed to blood decreased from 66 (68%) of 97 students during 1990-1991 to 8 (11%) of 75 students during 2005-2006 (P < .001)

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , February 2008 , pp. 183 - 185
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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