[Reduction of needlestick injuries by 48  % in 1 year : Effects of improvement of the safety concept according to the European Union Council directive 2010/32/EU at a large regional hospital].

CONCLUSION: Implementation of the EU Council directive 2010/32/EU, resulted in an almost 50% reduction in NSIs over 1 year, including the complete prevention of NSIs due to scalpels. In addition, the anamnestic presence of immunization against hepatitis B and index patient identification were significantly increased. PMID: 31428806 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428806?dopt=Abstract

Source: Der Unfallchirurg - August 18, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Busche MN, Klein JM, Kröger B, Siewe J, Faber H, Müßler J, Reuter S, Bastian L, Vogt PM Tags: Unfallchirurg Source Type: research

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[Reduction of needlestick injuries by 48 % in 1 year : Effects of improvement of the safety concept according to the European Union Council directive 2010/32/EU at a large regional hospital].

[Reduction of needlestick injuries by 48  % in 1 year : Effects of improvement of the safety concept according to the European Union Council directive 2010/32/EU at a large regional hospital].