Safety injection devices, such as safety syringes and safety needles are designed to eliminate needlestick injuries while also increasing the safety of drug administration. Here are five things to ...
The FDA, CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and OSHA has issued guidance, in which they strongly encourage healthcare professionals to use blunt-tip suture needles as an ...
According to the CDC, approximately 385,000 needlestick and sharps-related injuries occur each year among healthcare ...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a part of the CDC, offers a free, nine-minute video featuring an interview with Diane Mawyer, a nurse whose life was changed by a sharps ...
Included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program” is a sample worksheet is designed to assist ...
Of all the dangers imagined existing on the farm, accidental needlesticks are probably not high on most people’s lists. But Leslie Woolington, safety specialist with the Mississippi State University ...