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NEEDLESTICK INJURIES: SHARPEN YOUR AWARENESS

Footnotes

1 The value of preventing a fatality year of £27,900 in 95/96 prices per "The costs to Britain of workplace accidents and work related ill health in 1995/96" by the HSE, uprated for inflation. This approach has been used to illustrate the potential benefits. It would be beneficial to look at the sensitivity of any results to alternative values placed on each QALY.
2 The discount rate in "Appraisal; and Evaluation in Central Government" (also known as the Green Book).
3 The seroconversion rate is estimated to be 0.56% for blood-filled hollow bore needles.
4 £1,000 when the source is known to be from a HIV or HCV positive source.

6 Dickson v Bridge Hotel (1999) and Howell v Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust (1995)

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