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 --July 2007: Six Foreign Healthcare Workers In Libya are Released
--Foreign Healthcare Workers in Libya Face Death Penalty for Nosocomial HIV Infections
--June 2006: Percutaneous Injuries From Suture Needles Fact Sheet
--November 2005: American College of Surgeons issues statement endorsing use of blunt suture needles
* (Read the ACS statement (Reference: American College of Surgeons. Statement on blunt suture needles [ST-52]. Bull Am Coll Surg 2005 (Nov); 90(11):24)
*Read the the 8/3/05 ACS press release discussing blunt suture needle statement ("American College of Surgeons Issues Patient Safety Statement on Preventing Retained Foreign Bodies After Surgery/Needle-Stick Injuries")
* List of blunt suture needles.
--Advances in Exposure Prevention ceases publication as of June 2005.
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*For a summary of the final issue, click here
--2004 Sloan-Kettering study provides "before and after" picture of safety device implementation.
*Discussion of article
*Abstract of the article
 Book: PREVENTING OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES TO BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS: Articles from Advances in Exposure Prevention, 1994-2003
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