Exposure Survey of Trends in Occupational Practice (EXPO-S.T.O.P.) 2015: A national survey of sharps injuries and mucocutaneous blood exposures among health care workers in US hospitals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1218-1223

  Grimmond, T ^a   Good, L ^b  

^a Grimmond and Associates   (New Zealand)

^b SCRIPPS HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Needlestick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXPOSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHARPS INJURY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85024369125     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.05.023     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Heymann, D.L., Control, elimination, eradication and re-emergence of infectious diseases: getting the message right. Bull World Health Organ 84 (2006), 82–83 http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/84/2/82.pdf?ua=1 Accessed May 21, 2017.
2. ISC International Safety Center, EPINet Reports 2000-2014. Available from: https://internationalsafetycenter.org/exposure-reports/, 2017 Accessed May 23.
3. The National Surveillance System for Healthcare Workers (NaSH), Summary report for blood and body fluids exposure. Data collected from participating facilities (June 1995 through December 2007). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/NaSH/NaSH-Report-6-2011.pdf, 2017 Accessed May 20.
4. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Sharps Injuries among Hospitals Workers in Massachusetts. Findings from the Massachusetts Sharps Injury Surveillance. Data and Statistics—years 2002 to 2015. Available from: http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/community-health/ohsp/sharps/data-and-statistics.html, 2017 Accessed May 21.
5. Grimmond, T., Good, L., EXPO-S.T.O.P.: a national survey and estimate of sharps injuries and mucocutaneous blood exposures among healthcare workers in the USA. J Assoc Occ Hlth Prof 33 (2013), 31–36.
6. Grimmond, T., Good, L., EXPO-S.T.O.P.-2012: year two of a national survey of sharps injuries and mucocutaneous blood exposures among healthcare workers in USA hospitals. J Assoc Occ Hlth Prof 35 (2015), 52–57.
7. Brown, C., Dally, M., Grimmond, T., Good, L., Exposure study of occupational practice (EXPO-S.T.O.P.): an update of a national survey of sharps injuries and mucocutaneous blood exposures among healthcare workers in US hospitals. J Assoc Occup Health Professionals Healthcare 36 (2016), 37–42.
8. Phillips, E., Conaway, M., Parker, G., Perry, J., Jagger, J., Issues in understanding the impact of the needlestick safety and prevention act on hospital sharps injuries. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 34 (2013), 935–939, 10.1086/671733.
9. Hospital Profiles: Data through Fiscal Year 2015, March 2017. Center for Health Information and Analysis, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Available from: http://www.chiamass.gov/assets/docs/r/hospital-profiles/2015/Hospital-Profiles-Compendium.pdf, 2017 Accessed May 23.
10. Health, United States, 2015, Table 82. Hospital admissions, average length of stay, outpatient visits, and outpatient surgery, by type of ownership and size of hospital: United States, selected years 1975-2013. National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, USDHHS. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf, 2017 Accessed May 21.
11. Grimmond, T., Use and activation of safety engineered sharps devices in a sample of 5 Florida healthcare facilities. J Assoc Occ Hlth Prof 34 (2014), 13–15.
12. Good, L., Grimmond, T., Proven strategies to prevent bloodborne pathogen exposure in EXPO-S.T.O.P. Hospitals. J Assoc Occ Hlth Prof 36 (2017), 1–5.
13. Patrician, P., Pryor, E., Fridman, M., Loan, L., Needlestick injuries among nursing staff: association with shift-level staffing. Am J Infect Control 39 (2011), 477–482, 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.017.
14. Dicristina, D., Successfully reducing wingset-related needlestick injuries: a combination of institutional culture, staff commitment and semi-passive safety device. J Assoc Occ Hlth Prof 34 (2014), 26–29.
15. Perry, J., Jagger, J., Reducing sharps injury risk in intensive care. Adv Exp Prev 7 (2005), 25–28 Available from: http://www.medicalcenter.virginia.edu/safetycenter/internetsafetycenterwebpages/trainingeducationalresources/icu-ccu-risk.pdf/view Accessed May 22, 2017.
16. Cheung, K., Ching, S.S., Chang, K.K., Ho, S.C., Prevalence of and risk factors for needlestick and sharps injuries among nursing students in Hong Kong. Am J Infect Control 40 (2012), 997–1001.
17. Sharma, G.K., Gilson, M.M., Nathan, H., Makary, M.A., Needlestick injuries among medical students: incidence and implications. Acad Med 84 (2009), 1815–1821, 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bf9e5f.
18. Surveillance of Accidents with Exposure to Blood in French Healthcare Establishments, AES-Raisin Network, France—Results 2015. Saint-Maurice: Public Health France; 2017. 61 p. Available from: http://invs.santepubliquefrance.fr/Publications-et-outils/Rapports-et-syntheses/Maladies-infectieuses/2017/Surveillance-des-accidents-avec-exposition-au-sang-dans-les-etablissements-de-sante-francais, 2017 in French; Accessed April 20.
19. Fritzsche, C., Heine, M., Loebermann, M., Klammt, S., Podbielski, A., Mittlmeier, T., et al. Reducing the underreporting of percutaneous exposure incidents: a single-center experience. Am J Infect Control 44 (2016), 941–943.
20. Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Needle Stick Surveillance Network: Analysis of Occupational Exposures to Blood, Body Fluids and Blood borne Pathogens (1 January 2008 to 30 June 2012), Final Program Report. Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada. Available from: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2014/aspc-phac/HP40-88-2013-eng.pdf, 2012 Accessed April 21, 2017.
21. Gao, X., Bijie Hu, B., Suo, Y., Lu, Q., Chen, B., Hou, T., et al. A large-scale survey on sharps injuries among hospital-based healthcare workers in China. Sci Rep 7 (2017), 1–7, 10.1038/srep42620.
22. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard 1910.1030, US Department Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. January 18, 2001. Available from: http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10051, 2017 Accessed April 20.
23. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC's Seven Healthcare Safety Challenges. Issues in Healthcare Settings. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta. Aug. 23. Available from: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/about_challenges.html, 2001 now unavailable. PPT available at ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/infectious_diseases/iceid/2002/pdf/gerberding.pdf Accessed April 20, 2017.
24. Recording Criteria for Needlestick and Sharps Injuries, OSHA Standard 29 CFR, subpart 1904.8. US Department Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. January 19, 2001. Available from: https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9639, 2017 Accessed May 28.
25. American Medical Association, Some states still prohibit hospitals from hiring doctors; physicians want to keep it that way. American Medical News, August 3, 2009, AMA Chicago, IL; Available from: http://www.amednews.com/article/20090803/profession/308039984/2/ Accessed May 20, 2017.
26. OSHA Standard 29 CFR, Part 1904 (Amended). US Department Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. May 12, 2016; Available from: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/finalrule/RegulatoryTextforRecordkeepingStandard-Part1904.pdf Accessed May 28, 2017.
27. Steiner, C., Karaca, Z., Moore, B., Imshaug, M., Pickens, G., Surgeries in Hospital-Based Ambulatory Surgery and Hospital Inpatient Settings. HCUP Statistical Brief #223. May 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD; Available from: www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb223-Ambulatory-Inpatient-Surgeries-2014.pdf, 2014 Accessed June 23, 2017.
28. Chen, L.F., Sexton, D.J., Kaye, K.S., Anderson, D.J., Patient-days: a better measure of incidence of occupational bloodborne exposures. Am J Infect Control 37 (2009), 534–540.
29. Jagger, J., Perry, J., Gomaa, A., Phillips, E.K., The impact of U.S. policies to protect healthcare workers from bloodborne pathogens: the critical role of safety engineered devices. J Infect Public Health 1 (2008), 62–72.
30. Friel, S., Vlahov, D., Buckley, R., No data, no problem, no action: addressing urban health inequity in the 21st century. J Urban Health 88 (2011), 858–859.
31. Worker Safety in Your Hospital: Know the facts. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department Labour. September 2013; Available from: https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hospitals/documents/1.1_Data_highlights_508.pdf Accessed April 21, 2017.
32. Tarantola, A., Arbiteboul, D., Rachline, A., Infection risks following accidental exposure to blood or body fluids in health care workers: a review of pathogens transmitted in published cases. Am J Infect Control 34 (2006), 367–375.
33. Xiong, X., Li, M., Jiang, Y., Xindeng Tong, X., Peng, Y., Study of blood exposure-related mental health illness among clinical nurses. Front Med 11 (2017), 147–151.
34. Eliminating Healthcare-Associated infections. Joint publication: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. March 2011; Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/toolkits/toolkit-hai-policy-final_03-2011.pdf Accessed April 21, 2017.
35. Health care-associated infections: Fact Sheet. World Health Organization, Geneva Switzerland; Available from: http://www.who.int/gpsc/country_work/gpsc_ccisc_fact_sheet_en.pdf, 2011 Accessed April 21, 2017.
36. Health care worker safety. Aide-memoire for a strategy to protect health workers from infection with bloodborne viruses. WHO/EHT/03.11. World Health Organization, December 2003; Available from: http://www.who.int/occupational_health/activities/1am_hcw.pdf Accessed May 20, 2017.
37. Final Rule Issued to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses. US Department Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Available from: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/finalrule/ Accessed May 28, 2017.