A descriptive, retrospective study of 567 accidental blood exposures in healthcare workers in three West African countries

A Tarantola, A Koumare, A Rachline, PS Sow… - Journal of Hospital …, 2005 - Elsevier
We conducted a multi-centre study in West African hospital wards to document accidental
blood exposure (ABE) risks in these settings, and assessed the incidence of ABE in
participating healthcare workers (HCWs) retrospectively. In total, 1241 HCWs participated in
the survey from 43 hospital wards. Among them, 567 (45.7%) had sustained at least one
ABE with an estimated incidence of 0.33 percutaneous injuries (PCIs) and 0.04
mucocutaneous contacts (MCCs)/HCW/year in medical or intensive care personnel and 1.8 …
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