Needlestick Injuries: Historical, Legal and Ethical Aspects
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6
ABSTRACT:
A 6 page issue paper on needle-related injuries among health care workers. In simpler times, there was a possibility that an inadvertent needlestick could carry greater implication than momentary discomfort. In today’s environment, there are documented cases of hundreds of health care workers who have contracted HIV or a form of hepatitis from a needlestick injury sustained while trying to help another human being. The paper discusses conditions after 1993; the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000; and ethical values such as beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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File: CC6_KSnursNeedle.rtf
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