One nurse's fight.
The CDC estimates that there are almost 400,000 needlestick injuries annually among hospital-based healthcare workers. Up to 4% develop acute hepatitis C. But nothing brings home the reality of the disease like this nurse's story.
Mawyer
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International Health Care Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., USA.
Perry
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D001771:Blood Banks; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D009726:Nurses; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D012307:Risk Factors