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. 1989 Jan;10(1):21-5.
doi: 10.1086/645910.

Impact of a recapping device on venepuncture-related needlestick injury

P N Goldwater  1 , R Law, A D Nixon, J A Officer, J F Cleland
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Impact of a recapping device on venepuncture-related needlestick injury

P N Goldwater et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

In a 33-month prospective analysis of needlestick injuries, venepuncturists working under Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for handling used needles were shown to incur a needlestick injury for every 3,175 to 4,006 needle-handling procedures. On the other hand, users of a simple device designed to reduce the risk of injury when recapping used needles were shown to incur a needlestick only once in every 16,100 venepunctures performed (P less than 0.001). This represents a fourfold reduction in the rate of needlestick injuries. We thus question the effectiveness of the CDC nonrecapping policy.

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