Syringe pens……again!
The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum has reported widespread concern about these novelty syringe pens that too easily can be mistaken by children for the real thing. A small wound, a hysterical mother […]
The Clinical Waste Discussion Forum has reported widespread concern about these novelty syringe pens that too easily can be mistaken by children for the real thing. A small wound, a hysterical mother […]
It is now some years ago that the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum raised concerns about syringe pens that are promoted as toys for kids, novelties for nurses, even promotional gifts […]
Syringes used during the Covid-19 pandemic will be recycled at a Hull factory. MYGroup’s Hull factory has been recycling unrecyclable plastics for several years but says it has now been […]
Three men and a company charged with a series of illegal waste offences have been sentenced for carrying out multi-million pound illegal waste operations at two sites in Neath. Dennis […]
More than 1,200 NHS staff have won compensation after being injured by needles potentially infected with HIV or hepatitis over the past six years. Official figures reveal an “unacceptable” picture […]
A staff nurse at North Devon District Hospital thought it was OK to take a used syringe out of a sharps bin and claimed she didn’t know that it was […]
The Kenyan Standard Digital reports on the pollution risks to residents close to a hospital that is burning its medical (clinical) waste in open burn pits. Choking smoke from burning medical waste at Molo […]
Needle-dispensing vending machines could be installed at five locations across central Ottawa, making it the first city in Canada to offer sterile syringes in machines to reduce drug-related virus transmission. […]
Syringes are littering Hong Kong beaches. Thankfully, some good people are trying to gather and remove these, and putting pressure on the authorities to reduce or even eliminate this pollution. Regrettably however, […]
More than £500,000 has been paid out in compensation to NHS Tayside staff in the past five years as a result of accidents or injury. The incidents included almost 200 […]
Pens that look like hypodermic needles are being sold as Halloween novelty toys, stirring concerns among parents and drug abuse prevention advocates as the country battles a rising heroin and […]
Dublin City Council paid out some €8.32 million last year in staff and public injury claims. According to figures released to Councillor Jim O’Callaghan, a total of €11 million has been […]
A Bronx thief who used a hypodermic syringe to threaten and rob 10 victims was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison. Angel Cintron, 41, was handed the stiff sentence […]
A BBC News report today on the thousands on needles and syringes that litter Scotland’s streets will no doubt cause alarm and consternation, though one must doubt if it will […]
A Huddersfield designer has developed a ‘Lifesaver’ syringe that changes colour to deep red within a minute of removal from its sterile wrapper, to warn that it is not sterile […]
There have been mutterings recently from the Scottish Parliament of sanctions to be held against healthcare professionals – doctors were singled out but this presumably embraces all – who fail on […]
“Two children, aged three and four when they suffered “needlestick” injuries while playing in a rubbish-strewn park, have each lost €38,000 damages claims against a local authority. “Judge Matthew Deery […]
9th May 2012 Suffering a needlestick injury can be extremely distressing for anyone affected. Solicitors recently represented a hospital employee who was injured at work in this way and he received compensation. Safety […]
Having spent an hour or so in each of two busy hospital phlebotomy rooms last week it was interesting to observe the approach to newly introduced safety needle devices. Using […]
“A used needle and syringe “heavily contaminated” with blood were discovered while 100 children took part in a community litter-pick near a primary school. “The discarded needle was found during […]
Becton Dickinson (BD) are to launch a family of syringes addressing environmental impact as well as a range of user benefits and clinical needs. Last updated: Friday, May 10, 2019
Yet another regional news report, this time from Australia’s Sunshine Coast, of a sharps injury from a needle discarded into undergrowth garden borders of a holiday complex and lost in […]
Almost every familiy physician in the US operates independently, either as a basic GP of with some particular specialty. Many off additional surgeries from minor to quite major treatments in […]
ASTM International has published its new standard ASTM F2878 Test Method for Protective Clothing Material Resistance to Hypodermic Needle Puncture. The ASTM standard will advance from the position of BS EN […]
For rather obvious reasons, it’s very rare that the waste industries send out samples. An occasional branded ballpoint pen – no syringe pens please – or a notepad, but nothing […]
A McDonald, Pennsylvania, woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after she allegedly pricked the police chief with a hypodermic needle. She is accused of sticking Police Chief Mark Dorsey as he took her […]
We have, on the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum, campaigned against syringe pens, the child’s toy that masquerades as a blood-filled syringe and needle and which has been responsible for several serious scares, […]
The estimated rate of BBV transmission after sharps injury is widely publicised. For Hepatitis B Virus infections the risk is around 30%, for Hepatitis C 3% and for HIV infections around 0.3% risk. […]
What is this? It looks genuine. Even the package looks convincing and seen in some general waste or on a picking line could bring things to a standstill. Last updated: […]
The new dawn of waste management places the responsibility for and cost of disposal at the foot of the producer. Already well-established for white goods and WEEE, can this be […]