title: [Collecting sharp instruments: useful or not?].
abstract: 78 per cent of the exposure incident are needle punctures (40 per cent during recapping of the needle). Housekeeping personnel, laboratory personnel, nursing personnel, dentists and physicians experienced the highest incidence of needle stick injuries. Many needle stick injuries can be prevented by not recapping used needles and using a rigid punction resistant needle disposal system.
authors.affiliation: LTH, Parodontologie, Oudenaarde.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: D018057:Dental Waste; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D009339:Needles; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D018057:Dental Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal
vernacular_title: Collecte d'instruments pointus: utile ou non?