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The Use of Self-Capping Intravenous Catheters by EMS providers is Associated with a Reduction in the Rate of Accidental Needlesticks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Robert E. O'Connor
Affiliation:
Dept. of Emergency Medicine, The Medical Center of Delaware; Wilmington, Delaware Office of Paramedic Administration Division of Public Health, Dover, Delaware
Ross E. Megargel
Affiliation:
Dept. of Emergency Medicine, The Medical Center of Delaware; Wilmington, Delaware EMS Division, Department of Public Safety, New Castle County, New Castle, Delaware Office of Paramedic Administration Division of Public Health, Dover, Delaware
Lawrence E. Tan
Affiliation:
EMS Division, Department of Public Safety, New Castle County, New Castle, Delaware
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Abstract

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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1994