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between provider and patient. In fact, 58% of scalpel injuries involve surface
cuts and some bleeding, and 11% cause deep cuts and serious bleeding, accord-
ing to statistics provided by the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center's
Exposure Prevention Information Network.
3. Focus on the finances
A single sharps injury that doesn't cause a bloodborne infection can cost your
facility nearly $4,000 to report and investigate the incident. Add an infection-
causing cut to the equation and the expense of responding to the injury can
exceed $1 million when you factor in the significant costs of paying for the lab
tests of the injured worker, treatment of the infection, staffing time lost, work-
ers' compensation claims and attorney's fees, to name just a few of the bills
that might land on your desk. That's why you have to consider the total cost of
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