Needlestick
Building programs to reduce sharps injuries from insulin injection
Your involvement in safety programs and device evaluation and selection protects everyone. Takeaways: Increases in incidence of diabetes can result in increasing incidence of…
A renewed focus on preventing sharps injuries in the operating room
In July, the American Nurses Association (ANA) hosted its first in-person Sharps Injury (SI) Prevention Stakeholder meeting. Experts, advocates, specialists, and frontline nurses from…
Sharps injuries: Where we stand today
Needlesticks and other sharps-related exposures to bloodborne pathogens (including HIV, hepatitis B virus [HBV] and hepatitis C virus) continue to pose a significant occupational risk…
Safe sharps disposal in the home
Nurses can easily dispose of sharps in the hospital, but it’s not so easy for patients at home. Learn how you can educate patients…
Practical strategies to prevent surgical sharps injuries
Many facilities still don’t follow sharps safety best practices and continue to underreport needlestick injuries.
Building programs to reduce sharps injuries from insulin injection
Your involvement in safety programs and device evaluation and selection protects everyone. Takeaways: Increases in incidence of diabetes can result in increasing…
A renewed focus on preventing sharps injuries in the operating room
In July, the American Nurses Association (ANA) hosted its first in-person Sharps Injury (SI) Prevention Stakeholder meeting. Experts, advocates, specialists, and frontline…
Sharps injuries: Where we stand today
Needlesticks and other sharps-related exposures to bloodborne pathogens (including HIV, hepatitis B virus [HBV] and hepatitis C virus) continue to pose a significant…
Safe sharps disposal in the home
Nurses can easily dispose of sharps in the hospital, but it’s not so easy for patients at home. Learn how you can…
Practical strategies to prevent surgical sharps injuries
Many facilities still don’t follow sharps safety best practices and continue to underreport needlestick injuries.