title: [Accidental punctures with used needles: 5 years of observations in a Lombard hospital].
abstract: The paper provides a qualitative epidemiological survey of the accidental needles punctures which have occurred in a general hospital over the quinquennium 1984/1988. The registered cases (370) correspond to an incidence of 72.3 for thousand exposures. The phenomenon appears to be stable, despite a series of interventions. It is not excluded that this apparent failure may be in fact the reflection of the increased number of notifications, as a by product of the intensive campaigning, but the Authors underline the intrinsic difficult of assuring efficacy to large-scale preventive interventions.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caspani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lattarulo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mantegazza
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D009339:Needles; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Punture accidentali con aghi usati: cinque anni di osservazioni in un ospedale lombardo.