title: Accidental needle stick prevention: an important, costly, unsafe policy revisited.
authors.forename: Lewis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kanter
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation; D009339:Needles / Q000592:standards*; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012449:Safety; D013594:Syringes / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration