ReviewBiochemia medica2014
The importance of implementing safe sharps practices in the laboratory setting in Europe.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- How Much do Needlestick Injuries Cost? A Systematic Review of the Economic Evaluations of Needlestick and Sharps Injuries Among Healthcare Personnel.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2016Pooled it
- Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins, Canada, 2024.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2025Article
- A Correlation Analysis between Undergraduate Students' Safety Behaviors in the Laboratory and Their Learning Efficiencies.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Healthcare Waste-A Serious Problem for Global Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Temporal trends in occupational accidents involving exposure to biological material in Brazil, 2010 to 2016.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2021Article
- An Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward Standard Precautions Among Health Workers From a Hospital in Northern Cyprus.Safety and health at work · 2021Article
- Occupational Exposure to Needle Stick Injuries and Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Clinical Laboratory Staff in Sana'a, Yemen: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2020Article
- Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins: Canada 2017.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2018Article
- Errors in the Extra-Analytical Phases of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Testing.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2018Article
- Occupational infection and needle stick injury among clinical laboratory workers in Al-Madinah city, Saudi Arabia.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2018Article
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention Following Occupational Exposure among Staff at a Regional Referral Hospital in Western Kenya.International journal of preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Surveillance of laboratory exposures to human pathogens and toxins: Canada 2016.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2017Article
- The risk of HCV infection among health-care workers and its association with extrahepatic manifestations (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2017Review
- Preanalytical external quality assessment of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine and CROQALM: finding undetected weak spots.Biochemia medica · 2017Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health-Care Workers About Viral Hepatitis B and C in South Kivu.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Article
- Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among health care providers in an Egyptian university hospital: different diagnostic modalities.Infection and drug resistance · 2017Article
- Efficacy of safety catheter devices in the prevention of occupational needlestick injuries: applied research in the Liguria Region (Italy).Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2016Review
- Effectiveness of Intensive Interactive Classes and Hands on Practice to Increase Awareness about Sharps Injuries and Splashes among Health Care Workers.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2015Article
- Preanalytical phase - an updated review of the current evidence.Biochemia medica · 2014Article
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Abstract
Healthcare workers are at risk of sharps injuries and subsequent infection from more than 40 bloodborne pathogens or species. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) together account for the vast majority of cases. The Directive 2010/32/EU "Prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector", issued to protect workers from these risks, requires an integrated approach to prevention including awareness-raising, education, training, elimination of unnecessary needles, safe procedures for sharps use and disposal, banning of recapping, vaccination, use of personal protective equipment, provision of safety-engineered devices, and appropriate surveillance, monitoring, response and follow-up. As laboratories represent a high-risk setting both in the preanalytical and analytical phase, we reviewed accidents and prevention in this setting in the light of the new legislation. Phlebotomy is the procedure carrying the highest risk of exposure and infection, involved in 30-50% of HIV and HCV cases detected in nationwide systems following accidental blood exposures implemented since the 1990s in Italy and France. In laboratories, problems in the management of sharps containers, recapping, needle disassembly by hand and blood transfer from syringes into tubes were observed and accounted for two-thirds of injuries. These accidents could be reduced through education and monitoring of behaviours, and introduction of medical devices incorporating safety-engineered protection mechanisms with appropriate training. Laboratory staff should be immunized against HBV, and know policies and procedures for the post-exposure management and prophylaxis. The management commitment to safety is crucial to ensure the necessary support to these changes.
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