Where Do I Find Statistics on Drug Abusing Healthcare Workers?

Question by missilverspoon: where do I find statistics on drug abusing healthcare workers?
I am conducting research on healthcare workers that are abusing drugs and need statistics and I can not find very many

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Answer by stacexx
I am not sure if you tried this link yet or not but maybe it will help:

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/drug_hc.htm

Here are a few statistics, not many:

http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/May2002/OutbreakHospitalInfection.htm

Good luck!

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