Hand dexterity in hospital personnel with multiple needlestick injuries.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 14(8): 473-5, 1993 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-8376738
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To test the hypothesis that multiple needlestick injuries in hospital employees may be due to intrinsic deficits in hand dexterity.DESIGN:
A case-control study comparing employees with multiple reported needlestick injuries to those with none. Hand dexterity was tested using the Purdue Pegboard Test, a standardized validated test of hand dexterity.SETTING:
A 300-bed, acute care teaching hospital.PARTICIPANTS:
Fifteen hospital employees who sustained four or more injuries were compared to 19 controls.RESULTS:
No differences were detected in hand dexterity between the case and control groups.CONCLUSIONS:
While employees with multiple needlestick injuries accounted for 85% of reported injuries, underlying factors responsible for injuries in this high-risk subgroup do not include measurable deficits in hand dexterity.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Recursos Humanos em Hospital
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Ferimentos Penetrantes Produzidos por Agulha
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Mãos
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Destreza Motora
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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ENFERMAGEM
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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HOSPITAIS
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article