Purchase data: a proxy for safety status
| Autor: | Michael Sinnott, Huong Nguyen, A. Wong, Robert Eley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Microbiology (medical)
030501 epidemiology Tertiary referral hospital Safety status Proxy (climate) Tertiary Care Centers 03 medical and health sciences Patient safety Surveys and Questionnaires Incidence data Environmental health Accidents Occupational Humans Medicine Needlestick Injuries Occupational Health Syringe 0303 health sciences 030306 microbiology business.industry Suture needles Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Australia General Medicine Infectious Diseases Needles Purchasing Hospital 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hospital Infection. 105:657-658 |
| ISSN: | 0195-6701 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.004 |
| Popis: | This study demonstrated the use of purchase data to determine the incidence of sharps injuries in a major tertiary referral hospital in Australia. The incidence rates of injuries per 100,000 items purchased were 2.65 and 12.60 for syringe needles and scalpel blades, respectively. These figures were lower than those reported previously using this method. The incidence rate for injuries with suture needles, which had not been reported previously, was 31.89/100,000 items purchased. Incidence data calculated in this manner may be used in conjunction with purchase cost estimates to inform policy and practices on institutional staff safety measures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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