Abstract
Sharps injuries are a major source of bloodborne viral infections among health care workers worldwide 1 Prüss-Üstün A. Rapiti E. Hutin Y. Estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to contaminated sharps injuries among health-care workers. Am J Ind Med. 2005; 48: 482-490 Crossref PubMed Scopus (483) Google Scholar with a mean annual incidence reported to be 4%. 2 Trim J.C. Elliott T.S. A review of sharps injuries and preventative strategies. J Hosp Infect. 2003; 53: 237-242 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (166) Google Scholar During dermatologic surgical procedures, control of sharps is critical in both reducing the risk of sharps injuries and preventing contamination of sterile conditions. When working with a new and thus long suture, poor control can result in the needle and suture leaving both the field of vision of the surgeon and the sterile field. This can result in inadvertent sharps injuries (to the surgeon, assistant, or patient) and sterile contamination.
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