[MCOH-EH] Physician BBF Exposures

[Thrasher, Terri]

In 2014 we had 43% of our BBP's were reported by physicians ...

Terri Thrasher RN MSN
Sr Director HR Professional Services
Employee Health, Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Workers Comp, Injury Management
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center


From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Dr Amber H Mitchell
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 5:11 PM
To: mcoh-eh at mylist.net
Subject: [MCOH-EH] Physician BBF Exposures

Hi All,

Hope this finds you well.  I just pulled the last 10 years of our EPINet data on sharps injuries and blood and body fluid (BBF) exposures and we're seeing 25% rates occurring with physicians for sharps injuries (compared to all other job descriptions/professions) and 11.2% for BBF exposures.  This is likely a severe under-estimate as many physicians are not hospital employees and their incidents are therefore not being collected by hospital employee health.  Given a great deal of focus on nurses with these types of exposures, I don't want the MD community to forget that they too need programs and protections in place to prevent their exposures.

Have others out there seen similar comparison incidents/exposures?

Does anyone out there have a great contact within the medical professional association community (AMA, ACOEM, ACS, etc.) to contact?

Thank you!  Happy almost weekend.

Amber


Amber Hogan Mitchell, DrPH, MPH, CPH
President | Executive Director
International Safety Center
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