Guest editorial: Needlestick injuries (NSIs): an ongoing problem
Michael Whitby
Australian Infection Control
9(2) 44 - 45
Published: 2004
Abstract
The advent of HIV/AIDS almost 25 years ago brought with it a recognition of the risk to healthcare workers of needlestick injuries (NSIs). Those risks have now been quantified and vary from one in 250-300 for HIV, one in 10-33 for Hepatitis C, and one in 6-30 for Hepatitis B. In an individual situation, the potential for transmission varies with the serostatus of the source, size and type of sharp involved, and the potential for environmental degradation of the virus.https://doi.org/10.1071/HI04044
© Australian Infection Control Association 2004
