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The incidence of needlestick injury claims per 10,000 full-time-equivalent HCWs in hospitals was 158.6; in dental offices, 104.7; in physicians' offices, 87.0; and in skilled nursing facilities, 80.8. The most common mechanisms of needlestick injury by work location were as follows: for hospitals, suturing and other surgical procedures (16.7%), administering an injection (12.7%), and drawing blood (10%); for dentists' offices, recapping (21.3%) and cleaning trays and instruments (18.2%); for physicians' offices, disposal (22.2%) and administering an injection (10.2%); and for skilled nursing facilities, disposal (23.7%) and administering an injection (14.9%). Nurses accounted for the largest (29%) proportion of HCWs involved, followed by dental assistants (17%) and laboratory technicians and phlebotomists (12%) in non-hospital settings. Rates of needlestick injury claims increased for non-hospital settings by 7.5% annually (95% confidence interval [CI<jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>], 4.89% to 10.22%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .0001). Rates decreased for hospital settings by 5.8% annually, but the decline was not statistically significant (CI<jats:sub>95<\/jats:sub>, -12.50% to 1.34%; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .1088). HCWs were exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency viruses in non-hospital settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X00198848_abs5\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>There was a difference in the incidence rate and mechanisms of needlestick injuries on review of workers' compensation claim records for HCWs in non-hospital and hospital settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1086\/502616","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,4,17]],"date-time":"2006-04-17T21:17:44Z","timestamp":1145308664000},"page":"775-781","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Workers' Compensation Claims for Needlestick Injuries Among Healthcare Workers in Washington State, 1996-2000"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Syed M.","family":"Shah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Bonauto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Barbara","family":"Silverstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Foley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,6,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref009","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.17226\/18911"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref018","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0196-0644(05)81122-9"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref011","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM198808043190506"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref010","volume-title":"Trend Review"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref008","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.88.7.1047"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref007","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.88.12.1827"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref016","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/30148432"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref005","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9343(89)90387-2"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref013","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0140-6736(92)92174-E"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref001","volume-title":"Summary Report for Data Collected From June 1995 Through July 1999","year":"2001"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref006","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.jom.0000091681.23987.53"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref012","first-page":"1602","article-title":"Preventing needlestick injuries","volume":"302","author":"Choudhury","year":"1991","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref019","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0196-6553(83)90077-9"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref004","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/501730"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref002","first-page":"32","article-title":"EPINet report: 2001 percutaneous injury rates","volume":"6","author":"Perry","year":"2003","journal-title":"Advances in Exposure Prevention"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref020","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.87.9.1558"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref015","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archinte.161.7.929"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref014","first-page":"410","article-title":"Reducing sharps injuries among healthcare workers: a sharps container quality improvement project","volume":"28","author":"Hatcher","year":"2002","journal-title":"Jt Comm J Qual Improv"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref017","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1067\/mic.2002.124586"},{"key":"S0899823X00198848_ref003","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/502181"}],"container-title":["Infection Control &amp; Hospital Epidemiology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0899823X00198848","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,3]],"date-time":"2019-05-03T20:13:32Z","timestamp":1556914412000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0899823X00198848\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2005,9]]},"references-count":20,"journal-issue":{"issue":"9","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2005,9]]}},"alternative-id":["S0899823X00198848"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/502616","relation":{},"ISSN":["0899-823X","1559-6834"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0899-823X","type":"print"},{"value":"1559-6834","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2005,9]]}}}