Industry Safety
Health Care Safety
Needlestick Injuries

Information on the topic from the State of CA

Health Canada statistics on HIV transmission via needlesticks & recommended guidelines

Sharp object injury costs and more

Series of articles on issues surrounding needle stick injuries in Northern California

How to create one

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Safety Advisory About Potential Risks

How safety equipment and other measures can prevent needlesticks

Statistical analysis of needlestick and sharps injuries

Making sharps injury rates work for you

Example of policies on how to handle sharps and piercing objects

Why you need one and how to create one

When an event involving needlesticks and blood exposure is reportable to FDA's CDRH

For the design, evaluation, and selection of medical devices

A statistical summary plus needlestick safety advice

Online tutorial for health care workers

A list of devices designed to prevent percutaneous injury and exposures to bloodborne pathogens

Design criteria for evaluation of several medical devices

Regarding OSHA’s policy on the prohibition of contaminated needle removal from medical devices.

OSHA requirements regarding the disposal of contaminated needles/sharps and blood tube holders

Nov 1999 NIOSH Alert - provides statistics and a background of the problem

Available engineering controls and work practices to prevent exposure to blood and other body fluids

Technical assistance in understanding the role of safer needle devices

A sample policy and procedure for use of conventional sharps devices

Presents a comprehensive framework for selecting sharps disposal containers

Lesson learned in safer medical device implementation in health care facilities

Example of a reporting form specialized for sharps injuries

Safe injection practices

For designing, implementing and evaluating a sharps injury prevention program

Preventing exposure to blood through better design and evaluation of medical devices and equipment