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Published in Carol Wilkinson, Managing Health at Work, 2020
Disposal of needles, particularly when re-sheathed after use. Studies have shown that up to 60% of needlestick injuries have occurred as a result of re-sheathing needles. In fact, the estimated rate of transmission of HIV needlestick injury infection is 1: 275; when compared to hepatitis B this is rather low. Hepatitis B’s estimated rate of transmission is 1: 20.
Characterization of perceived biohazard exposures, personal protective equipment, and training resources among a sample of formal U.S. solid waste workers: A pilot study
Published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2023
Aurora B. Le, Abas Shkembi, Anupon Tadee, Anna C. Sturgis, Shawn G. Gibbs, Richard L. Neitzel
The majority of workers reported good/excellent physical health (59%), with similar levels reported across sites except for the physical health among landfill workers (33%). Overall, 15% of participants reported an accidental needlestick injury and no landfill workers reported such an injury. Overall, 71% reported an accidental laceration/cut and nearly all single-site facility workers (94%) reported such an injury. The majority of workers reported an accidental needlestick (60%) or laceration/cut (69%) to their supervisors. All workers with a needlestick injury reported experiencing stress from the incident. While 64% of those injured from lacerations/cuts experienced stress from reporting the injury to a supervisor, all those at the landfill site experienced stress. Such stress at the noncommercial sites was relatively low (36%). Only 26% of workers reported the workplace having a health monitoring program, with similar levels across sites. Surprisingly, 40% of workers did not know if they have a workplace health monitoring program with the highest percentage amongst landfill workers (60%) (see Table 3).