title: A deadly design.
abstract: On September 30, 1991, registered nurse Bev Holmwood sustained a needlestick injury while working in a Vancouver Island operating room. Just over two months later she died, the result of hepatitis C she contracted during the accident. Her story is a sad reminder of what research has already shown: Sharps injuries are the single greatest cause of serious, and often deadly, infection among nurses and other health care workers.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stringer
mesh_terms: D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009784:Occupational Diseases