Incidence rate of needlestick and sharps injuries in 67 Japanese hospitals: a national surveillance study.

<h4>Background</h4>Determining incidence rates of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) using data from multiple hospitals may help hospitals to compare their in-house data with national averages and thereby institute relevant measures to minimize NSIs. We aimed to determine the inciden...

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Main Authors: Toru Yoshikawa, Koji Wada, Jong Ja Lee, Toshihiro Mitsuda, Kiyoshi Kidouchi, Hitomi Kurosu, Yuji Morisawa, Mayumi Aminaka, Takashi Okubo, Satoshi Kimura, Kyoji Moriya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24204856/?tool=EBI