Australian HCW use fewer safety devices than USA

[Terry Grimmond]

*Australian HCW use fewer safety devices than USA*

*Only 30% of hollow-bore needles used in Australian hospitals are safety
devices*. In a study by Terry Grimmond published online last week in
Healthcare Infection, sharps container contents from 27 hospitals in 5
capital cities were examined. See
http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HI14009.htm. Author Copies are available
from authors website.

Terry Grimmond FASM, BAgrSc, GrDpAdEd

Consultant Microbiologist

Grimmond and Associates

Ph/Fx (NZ): +64 7 856 4042

Mob (NZ): +64 274 365 140

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