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. 2009 Feb;35(2):100-5, 61.
doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35013-8.

A retractable winged steel (butterfly) needle performance improvement project

Mary Hotaling  1
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A retractable winged steel (butterfly) needle performance improvement project

Mary Hotaling. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009 Feb.

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.

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