Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 743906 - Anonymous injured health care worker tests positive for AIDS

Accident Summary Nr: 743906 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 06/08/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105878003	06/29/1992	8062	0	The Queens Medical Center
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103812459	08/05/1992	7218	0	The Queens Medical Center
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105877211	08/18/1992	8071	0	Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a health care worker, removed a syringe that was sticking out of the top of a sharps container. While replacing the needle, which had been used by a patient infected with AIDS, the employee was stuck. Employee #1 tested positive for the AIDS virus. Information on Employee #1 could not be obtained because of the confidentiality restrictions placed on AIDS-infected employees.

Keywords: INATTENTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105878003	Non Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Registered nurses
2	103812459			Occupation Not Listed
3	105877211			Occupation Not Listed

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