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dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Cathryn
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-30T12:32:11Z
dc.date.available2017-06-30T12:32:11Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.modified2014-04-15T22:14:16Z
dc.identifier.issn13227696
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.colegn.2013.06.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/58453
dc.description.abstractAustralian healthcare workers and especially nurses repeatedly have their safety and health jeopardized through occupational exposures to blood and body fluids. Percutaneous or needlestick injuries are especially concerning and consistent. The purpose of this article is to again draw attention to the serious and costly issue of needlestick injuries in Australian healthcare settings. Specifically it considers the context of needlestick injuries and safety engineered devices within Standard 3 of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's National Standards reform agenda. Given that Standard 3 alone will likely be insufficient to reduce needlestick injuries, this article also discusses improvements and current challenges in international needlestick injury reduction in an attempt to stimulate key opinion leader consideration of Australia adopting similar strategies.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom295
dc.relation.ispartofpageto299
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCollegian
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode111099
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1110
dc.titleThe serious and ongoing issue of needlestick in Australian healthcare settings
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMurphy, Cathryn L.


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