The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Safe Needles & Health Care Workers
5060.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Safe Needles & Health Care Workers
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Moderator(s):Amanda M. Gust, MPH
8:30 AMRates of sharps injuries among hospital nurses in four Western countries
Sean P. Clarke, PhD, RN
8:48 AMMassachusetts surveillance system for sharps injuries to healthcare workers
Angela K. Laramie, MPH, Letitia Davis, ScD
9:06 AMLinking workplace and public health surveillance through the use of a web-based system for bloodborne pathogen exposures among healthcare workers in Massachusetts
Angela K. Laramie, MPH, Laurie Robert, MS, Jan P. Abshire, MPH, Gary P. Stein, PhD, Letitia Davis, ScD
9:24 AMOccupational health and safety issues for prison-based health care workers
Robyn R.M. Gershon, MHS DrPH, Clifford Seth mitchell, MD MPH, Mary Kathleen Lears, MSN, MPH, RN
9:42 AMGetting to the frontlines: Evaluating safer needle devices in the spirit of the needlestick safety and prevention act of 2000
Amanda M. Gust, MPH, June Fisher, MD, Raymond C. Sinclair, PhD, Susan O. Wilburn, MPH, BSN, RN
Organized by:Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA