
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Whitby, Michael 
T1  - Guest editorial: Needlestick injuries (NSIs): an ongoing problem
JF  - Healthcare Infection
JO  - Healthcare Infection
Y1  - 2004
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 44
EP  - 45
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/HI04044 
N2  - The advent of HIV/AIDS almost 25 years ago brought with it a recognition of the risk to healthcare workers of needlestick injuries (NSIs). Those risks have now been quantified and vary from one in 250-300 for HIV, one in 10-33 for Hepatitis C, and one in 6-30 for Hepatitis B. In an individual situation, the potential for transmission varies with the serostatus of the source, size and type of sharp involved, and the potential for environmental degradation of the virus. 
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