Used syringe full of liquid left on top of Peppa Pig book in hospital toy box
A woman was horrified to find a used syringe full of liquid lying on top of a Peppa Pig book in a hospital toy box. Woman, 22, found a used […]
syringe safety
Braintree mum’s disgust over needle find in park
A Braintree mum is disgusted after finding a discarded needle in a county park. She was taking a walk around the lakes at Great Notley Country Park, popular with young families, […]
Man put police at infection risk with needle
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 […]
Are the days of the sharps bin numbered?
Safety sharps are being widely introduced in the UK, late, but better late than never. For establishments using fully automated safety needle and syringe devices that sheath or fully retract […]
Sharps bin stickers promote safer injecting
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 […]
Safer sharps – are they protecting against sharps injury?
As the archive files of the Clinical Waste Discussion Forum will attest, several years before the start of the move toward introduction of engineered safety sharps I took a sceptical […]
Joining the needlestick prevention bandwagon?
A great many companies and organisations are presently joining the needlestick prevention bandwagon. Most are echoing information that has been presented previously, often as their own, and fail to take matters any […]
Syringe armed robber arrested
Used syringes and needles make an impromptu but quite frightening weapon. In Brisbane, Australia, a woman has been arrested having used such a weapon in a string of alleged robberies. Maree Sharelle Leighton, 41, […]