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Most Surgical Residents Fail To Report Needle-Stick Injuries, Increasing Risk Of HIV, Other Bloodbor
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=75710
Submitted by murali 16 months, 3 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours ago
Almost all surgical residents accidentally stick themselves with needles or other sharp medical instruments but most fail to report the injury, increasing their risk of contracting HIV, hepatitis or other bloodborne diseases from infected patients, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the New York Times reports
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