Electronic control device prongs: a growing cause of bloodborne pathogen exposure?
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Bradbury, Susan L.Reznek, Martin A
Sullivan, Susan
Adamo, Philip
Mack, Deborah Ann
Ellison, Richard T. III
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and ImmunologyEmployee Health & Occupational Injury Care and Wellness
Employee Health Services
Department of Emergency Medicine
Infection Control
Document Type
Letter to the EditorPublication Date
2015-12-01Keywords
Conducted Energy Weapon Injuriestaser injuries
sharp injuries
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Disease
Public Health
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Electronic control devices (ECDs) are now being used by many law enforcement agencies as nonlethal means to subdue individuals. The devices fire 2 small dart-like probes into a target individual that attach through the skin with a fishhook-like prong and remain attached to the weapon to deliver an electronic shock to disrupt voluntary muscle control. For the first time in our reported sharps exposure history, 2 separate BBP exposures involving ECD probes were reported at our medical center in the months of April and May of 2015. The first involved a staff member in our medical center's emergency department (ED) and the second concerned a law enforcement officer.Source
Bradbury SL, Reznek M, Sullivan S, Adamo P, Mack D, Ellison RT 3rd. Electronic control device prongs: a growing cause of bloodborne pathogen exposure? Am J Infect Control. 2015 Dec 1;43(12):1373-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.015. PubMed PMID: 26654240.DOI
10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.015Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/34998PubMed ID
26654240Related Resources
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10.1016/j.ajic.2015.07.015