1995
Review of Accidents/Injuries Among Emergency Medical Services Workers in Baltimore, Maryland
Gershon R, Vlahov D, Kelen G, Conrad B, Murphy L. Review of Accidents/Injuries Among Emergency Medical Services Workers in Baltimore, Maryland. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 1995, 10: 14-18. PMID: 10155400, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00041583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency medical service workersMedical service workersEMS workersEmployee health clinicLost work daysMost incidentsHospital visitsAccidents/injuriesHeavier patientsMedical recordsHealth clinicsOccupational exposureBlinded reviewPrevention strategiesBody sitesInjuryUrban fire departmentRespiratory systemWork daysService workersFire departmentsExposureDepartmentBody fluidsSprains
1994
Temporal Association Between Implementation of Universal Precautions and a Sustained, Progressive Decrease in Percutaneous Exposures to Blood
Beekmann S, Vlahov D, Koziol D, McShalley E, Schmitt J, Henderson D. Temporal Association Between Implementation of Universal Precautions and a Sustained, Progressive Decrease in Percutaneous Exposures to Blood. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1994, 18: 562-569. PMID: 8038311, DOI: 10.1093/clinids/18.4.562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUniversal precautionsParenteral injuriesHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionTemporal associationParenteral exposurePostexposure chemoprophylaxisPercutaneous injuriesPercutaneous exposureOccupational infectionClinical centersOccupational exposureVirus infectionInjurySignificant decreaseNational InstituteProgressive decreaseInfectionBloodExposureRapid reportingPrecautionsAssociationChemoprophylaxisZidovudine