A health-care worker is at risk for which infectious disease through needlestick?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)
C) Pneumonia
D) Hepatitis C

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Sharps injuries, which include needlesticks, can transmit BBPs such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus. The reported incident rates for this type of injury vary from 1.4 to 9.5 per 100 health-care workers; however, there is concern regarding possible underreporting of these types of incidents (Elseviers, Ariias-Guillén, Gorke, & Arens, 2014). The impact on the worker's well-being following a sharps injury includes the stress of undergoing immediate and long-term testing, waiting for results, and being treated if infected. The health-care system faces financial impacts from sharps injuries, including additional staffing to cover missed work, testing expenses, preventative or curative treatment regimens, and the time and cost of injury investigation and documentation (Elseviers et al., 2014).

A Health-Care Worker Is at Risk for Which Infectious Disease