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Tuesday 25 May 2021
Blood and body fluid exposures in 2020: results from a survey of RCN members
Blood and body fluid exposures in 2020: results from a survey of RCN members This report suggests that Pressures of the pandemic and a lack of training has led to a 50 per rise in needlestick injuries, a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report suggests today. The authors surveyed 7,571 RCN members for the report. Of those 15 per cent said they had suffered a ‘sharps injury’ in 2020. This compares to ten per cent in 2008. Reasons for the rise cited in the report included fatigue induced by the pandemic, low staffing levels, lack of training and safer sharps and sharps bins not being available. Royal College of Nursing
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