Estimating the national cost burden of in-hospital needlestick injuries among healthcare workers in Japan.

BACKGROUND:Needlestick injury (NSI) is one of the most burdensome professional hazards in any medical setting; it can lead to transmission of fatal infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus. In the United States, the annual cost burden was estimated as so...

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Main Authors: Hiroyuki Kunishima, Emiko Yoshida, Joe Caputo, Hiroshige Mikamo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224142