Detecting Blood Splatter from Retractable Phlebotomy and Intravascular Devices: An Experimental Method

Impact of Safety-Engineered Devices on the Incidence of Occupational Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Healthcare Personnel in an Academic Facility, 2000–2014

“…In our study, there was also a concern for safety-engineered device-associated exposures to mucous membrane/non-intact skin as well as that most device types resulting in exposures to mucous membrane/non-intact skin were unknown. Experimental studies have described that macroscopic and microscopic blood splatter from retractable intravenous devices or spatter contamination due to manually activated safety-engineered devices after syringe discharge and safety activation can occur, although the risk for acquiring BBP from surface contamination with blood and body fluids in healthcare settings is not well known 17 19 More than 90% of HCP in our study used gloves when exposures occurred, but the minority of BBFE was also observed owing to failure to wear gloves and nonadherence to personal protective equipment.…”