title: Laboratory-acquired infections and injuries in clinical laboratories: a 1986 survey.
abstract: A mail survey of all 54 US State and Territorial Public Health Laboratories and the 165 Hospital Clinical Laboratories in Minnesota was carried out, soliciting information on laboratory-acquired infections and injuries for calendar year 1986. The aggregate infection incidence rates were 3.5/1,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers for hospital laboratories and 1.43/1,000 for public health laboratories. Injury rates were 21.2/100 FTE workers for hospital laboratories and 7.21/100 for public health labs.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vesley
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hartmann
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008910:Minnesota; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology