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A deadly design.

B Stringer
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On September 30, 1991, registered nurse Bev Holmwood sustained a needlestick injury while working in a Vancouver Island operating room. Just over two months later she died, the result of hepatitis C she contracted during the accident. Her story is a sad reminder of what research has already shown: Sharps injuries are the single greatest cause of serious, and often deadly, infection among nurses and other health care workers.

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Equipment SafetyFemaleHepatitis CHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalNeedlestick InjuriesNursing Staff, HospitalOccupational DiseasesCase ReportsJournal Article

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B Stringer. 1993. A deadly design.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8261373/

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