To encourage the usage of safety engineered devices, BD is organizing a ‘Santa Says…Stay Sharp Be Safe’ pan India campaign. Aligned with its commitment towards safety of healthcare workers, the […]
Yet more needle attacks reported in the press, in Bournemouth and in Swindon. Regrettably, just two of many. This, and the more general problems associated with discarded needles and other […]
These days, it seems there are so many criticisms raised against the NHS that it is to be found perpetually on the wall of shame. And so too due to […]
Two San Diego County men have been charged in a scheme to defraud medical product investors out of more than $4 million to produce an innovative type of syringe. Matthew […]
There are now two British healthcare team members repatriated from Sierra Leone having suffered sharps or needlestick incidents while caring for patients in the Ebola outbreak there. Above all, we […]
An interesting report from Kevitt and Hayes of Corporate Health Ireland and the Occupational Health Department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, respectively. BACKGROUND: Sharps injuries create a high volume of occupational health […]
There are a great many needlestick prevention devices now on the market, broadly categorised as ‘active’ devices incorporating a shield or cover that is placed by the user, and ‘passive’ devices based […]
Safety sharps prevent sharps injuries. The evidence is clear, though whether this protection is due solely to better physical protection of staff or some additional subconscious increase in awareness and inherently […]
Echoing in some part this report from US, a Dundee IV drug user placed Police officers at risk of sharps injury and infection when he failed to disclose he had an uncapped needle […]
To promote safer injecting and to minimise harm Warwickshire’s Drug and Alcohol Action Team have developed new stickers for sharps boxes. The stickers have been designed to signpost people to […]