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Sharp Decrease of Reported Occupational Blood and Body Fluid Exposures in French Hospitals, 2003–2012: Results of the French National Network Survey, AES-RAISIN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2015

N. Floret ,
O. Ali-Brandmeyer ,
F. L’Hériteau ,
C. Bervas ,
S. Barquins-Guichard ,
G. Pelissier ,
D. Abiteboul ,
P. Parneix ,
E. Bouvet  and
C. Rabaud
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N. Floret*
Affiliation:
Est France Infection Control Coordinating Center, Nancy, France
O. Ali-Brandmeyer
Affiliation:
Est France Infection Control Coordinating Center, Nancy, France
F. L’Hériteau
Affiliation:
Paris–Northern France Infection Control Coordinating Center, Paris, France
C. Bervas
Affiliation:
Southwestern France Infection Control Coordinating Center, Bordeaux, France
S. Barquins-Guichard
Affiliation:
National Institute for Health Surveillance, Saint‐Maurice, France
G. Pelissier
Affiliation:
Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Workers, Paris, France
D. Abiteboul
Affiliation:
Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Workers, Paris, France
P. Parneix
Affiliation:
Southwestern France Infection Control Coordinating Center, Bordeaux, France
E. Bouvet
Affiliation:
Paris–Northern France Infection Control Coordinating Center, Paris, France Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Healthcare Workers, Paris, France
C. Rabaud
Affiliation:
Est France Infection Control Coordinating Center, Nancy, France
*
Address correspondence to Nathalie Floret, MD, PhD, Réseau Franc-Comtois de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 2 Place Saint-Jacques, 25030 Besançon, France ([email protected]).
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To assess the temporal trend of reported occupational blood and body fluid exposures (BBFE) in French healthcare facilities.

METHOD

Retrospective follow-up of reported BBFE in French healthcare facilities on a voluntary basis from 2003 to 2012 with a focus on those enrolled every year from 2008 to 2012 (stable cohort 2008–12).

FINDINGS

Reported BBFE incidence rate per 100 beds decreased from 7.5% in 2003 to 6.3% in 2012 (minus 16%). Percutaneous injuries were the most frequent reported BBFE (84.0% in 2003 and 79.1% in 2012). Compliance with glove use (59.1% in 2003 to 67.0% in 2012) and sharps-disposal container accessibility (68.1% in 2003 to 73.4% in 2012) have both increased. A significant drop in preventable BBFE was observed (48.3% in 2003 to 30.9% in 2012). Finally, the use of safety-engineered devices increased from 2008 to 2012.

CONCLUSION

Of the 415,209 hospital beds in France, 26,158 BBFE could have occurred in France in 2012, compared with 35,364 BBFE in 2003. Healthcare personnel safety has been sharply improved during the past 10 years in France.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(8):963–968

Type
Original Articles
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 8 , August 2015 , pp. 963 - 968
Copyright
© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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