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. 1991 Oct;36(5):317-8.

Needlestick injury in surgeons: what is the incidence?

A E Camilleri  1 , S Murray, C W Imrie
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  • PMID: 1757912

Needlestick injury in surgeons: what is the incidence?

A E Camilleri et al. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

A prospective study by questionnaire was carried out to investigate the incidence of needlestick injury in the operating theatre staff of a teaching hospital and to calculate the individual risk of acquiring blood-borne virus infection in the UK from this source. The individual rate of needlestick injury in operating theatre staff was 1.55% per surgeon per operation (confidence interval (Cl) 0.6-2.5%). The calculated rate of clinical hepatitis B in surgeons compared with the observed rate suggests that needlestick in theatre is the main mode of transmission.

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