32% of Physicians and Nurses Sustain Exposures to Infectious Disease Due to Unsafe Practices


“The International Safety Center, a woman-led global organization committed to improving the safety and health of those working in healthcare, this month released its 2017 Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet®) data illustrating for the first time that nurses (32.9%) and physicians (32%) sustain nearly identical frequencies of reported needlestick and sharps injuries while following unsafe practices.” 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-safety-center-reveals-that-32-of-physicians-and-nurses-sustain-exposures-to-infectious-disease-due-to-unsafe-practices-300782150.html?tc=eml_cleartime