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Tables<br />

Table 12:<br />

Summary <strong>of</strong> best quality intervention evaluation studies, by intervention type<br />

Intervention type First author (year) Change in NSI<br />

Replace hollow-bore<br />

needles<br />

Needleless IV<br />

Orenstein (1995)<br />

[33]<br />

Sohn (2004)<br />

[34; 35]<br />

Mendelson (2003)<br />

[36]<br />

Orenstein (1995)<br />

[33]<br />

Mendelson (1998)<br />

[47]<br />

Blunt suture needle Mingoli (1996)<br />

[60]<br />

Suture Mate Bebbing<strong>to</strong>n (1996)<br />

[72]<br />

Box re-location Mak<strong>of</strong>sky (1993)<br />

[76]<br />

Training (Universal<br />

Precautions)<br />

Beekmann (1991)<br />

[89]<br />

Report „Needlestick <strong>injuries</strong>“ 98<br />

0.79/1,000 HCW-d <strong>to</strong> 0.3/1,000 HCW-d<br />

34/1,000 FTE-yr <strong>to</strong> 14/1,000 FTE-yr<br />

13.4/100,000 devices ordered <strong>to</strong><br />

6.4/100,000 devices ordered<br />

No statistical significant difference between<br />

intervention and control group<br />

8 <strong>to</strong> 0 IV-related NSI<br />

50 % gloves perforated due <strong>to</strong> sharp needle<br />

7 % gloves perforated due <strong>to</strong> blunt needle<br />

27 % gloves perforated without SutureMate<br />

8 % gloves perforated with SutureMate<br />

Recapping from 30.2 % <strong>to</strong> 26.2 %<br />

13 NSI/100 FTE <strong>to</strong> 8 NSI/100 FTE

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