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Thursday, January 26, 2012

The sharp side: B.C. hospitals aim to safeguard health professionals from sharp instruments

Five thousand health professionals, including hundreds of nurses and doctors in operating rooms, are stabbed by sharp medical instruments each year in B.C.

All stab wounds put health professionals at risk of contracting potentially deadly infections like HIV or hepatitis B and C from patients. About 30 other blood-borne diseases can also be contract

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