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Document 0803
DOCN M9480803
TI Temporal association between implementation of universal precautions and
a sustained, progressive decrease in percutaneous exposures to blood.
DT 9410
AU Beekmann SE; Vlahov D; Koziol DE; McShalley ED; Schmitt JM; Henderson
DK; Hospital Epidemiology Service, Clinical Center, National; Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
SO Clin Infect Dis. 1994 Apr;18(4):562-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94312554
AB To evaluate whether implementation of universal precautions was
temporally associated with a decrease in reported parenteral exposures
to blood, we analyzed data on self-reported parenteral injuries that
were prospectively collected at the Clinical Center, National Institutes
of Health (Bethesda, MD), from 1985 through 1991. We also assessed
whether implementation of universal precautions, in concert with
initiation of a program of postexposure chemoprophylaxis with
zidovudine, was associated with decreased time to reporting of
occupational exposures. Our data, possibly confounded by the occurrence
of an occupational infection due to human immunodeficiency virus
infection in 1988, nonetheless demonstrate a temporal association
between a progressive, significant decrease in percutaneous injuries and
the implementation of universal precautions that has been sustained
through subsequent years. The analysis remains significant, regardless
of the surrogate denominator chosen for analysis. No trend toward more
rapid reporting of exposures was identified. Implementation of universal
precautions appears to have contributed to decreased parenteral injuries
in our hospital but did not affect reporting efficiency.
DE Blood-Borne Pathogens Databases, Factual Disease Transmission,
Patient-to-Professional/PREVENTION & CONTROL/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
Hepatitis B/TRANSMISSION Human HIV Infections/TRANSMISSION National
Institutes of Health (U.S.) Needlestick
Injuries/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Occupational
Exposure/PREVENTION & CONTROL/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Time Factors
United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Universal Precautions/STATISTICS & NUMER
DATA JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).