Copyright 1999 The Times-Picayune Publishing Co.
The Times-Picayune
February 21, 1999 Sunday, ORLEANS
SECTION: LIVING; Pg. E9
LENGTH: 106 words
HEADLINE:
NEEDLE SLIPS
BODY:
Medical students need better
coaching on how to avoid needle sticks and other slips that
expose them to hepatitis, HIV and other deadly infections, say researchers from
the CDC and other institutions. Between 1990 and 1996, 119 of 1,022 third- and
fourth-year students at the University of California, San Francisco,
accidentally stuck themselves with needles, got splashed with blood or had other
exposures. "Medical students are often eager to perform procedures but lack the
judgment and experience to determine whether they have the requisite skills to
do so safely," the researchers wrote in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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