Abstract
A performance improvement project used an interdisciplinary, systematic approach, including frontline staff input, in identifying, selecting, and evaluating a safer needle device. Following adoption of a retractable needle, needlesticks of health care workers decreased from 3.19 to zero incidents per 100,000 needles.
MeSH terms
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Accidents, Occupational / prevention & control*
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Consumer Behavior
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Humans
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Needles / economics
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Needles / standards*
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Needlestick Injuries / prevention & control*
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Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
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Phlebotomy / instrumentation
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Phlebotomy / standards
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Protective Devices / economics
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Protective Devices / standards
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Risk Management / methods*