CPSS Exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024

CPSS Exam 1 Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024What is the CDC estimate of injuries with contaminated needles & other sharps devices? - correct answer CDC estimates ~385,000 sharps injuries annually among hospital-based healthcare personnel (>1,000 injuries/day) -Many more in other healthcare settings (e.g., emergency services, home care, nursing homes) Increased risk for bloodborne virus transmission Costly to personnel and healthcare system What are 2 voluntary surveillance systems that explain the epidemiology of sharps injuries ? - correct answer National Surveillance System for Healthcare Workers (also known as NaSH), which was established by CDC in 1995 & has info on > 20,000 blood exposures from approx. 100 hospitals. Exposure Prevention Information Network (known as EPINet), which collects info on blood exposures from hospitals across the U.S. EPINet is a product of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center & the University of Virginia Health System. This system was developed in 1991 & collects blood exposure info from approx. 70 hospitals. The prevention of sharps injuries among healthcare personnel is considered a what? - correct answer National Priority