title: Potential bloodborne pathogen exposure from occult mattress damage.
abstract: A near-miss patient incident involving body fluid seeping from a mattress led to a visual inspection of 656 hospital bed mattresses of which 177 were contaminated because of occult damage to mattress covers.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA. Electronic address: bradburs@ummhc.org.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bradbury
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mack
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA.
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Crofts
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA.
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Ellison
mesh_terms: D001513:Beds; D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001826:Body Fluids; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Fluid