On September 30, 1991, registered nurse Bev Holmwood sustained a needlestick injury while working in a Vancouver Island operating room. Just over two months later she died, the result of hepatitis C she contracted during the accident. Her story is a sad reminder of what research has already shown: Sharps injuries are the single greatest cause of serious, and often deadly, infection among nurses and other health care workers.
1991年9月30日，注册护士贝夫·霍尔姆伍德在温哥华岛的一间手术室工作时遭受了针刺伤。仅仅两个多月后，她就去世了，死因是在那次事故中感染的丙型肝炎。她的故事悲惨地提醒了我们研究已经表明的事实：锐器伤是护士和其他医护人员严重且往往致命感染的最大单一原因。
