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Cat: Needlestick Injuries

Resource materials related to needlestick injury prevention, safety statistics, state laws, federal legislation, safety devices, safety training, etc.

30 Resources
CA-California Reusable Sharps Containers [16580] ?

Information on the topic from the State of CA

Canada: Needlestick Injuries [8338] ?

Health Canada statistics on HIV transmission via needlesticks & recommended guidelines

Collected Abstracts on Needlestick Safety [14740] ?

Sharp object injury costs and more

Deadly Needles [4838] ?

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

Display Board of Sharps Devices [pdf] [36004] ?

How to create one

EPINet Software [14743] ?

Download the software here

Glass Capillary Tubes [14748] ?

Safety Advisory About Potential Risks

Guide to Sharps Safety [20868] ?

How safety equipment and other measures can prevent needlesticks

Updated Hospitals: Needlestick & Sharp Object Injury Report [2369] ?

Statistical analysis of needlestick and sharps injuries

How to Calculate Sharps Injury Rates [pdf] [36001] ?

Making sharps injury rates work for you

How to Dispose of Sharps [18472] ?

Example of policies on how to handle sharps and piercing objects

Inventory List of Sharps Devices - How to [pdf] [36002] ?

Why you need one and how to create one

MAUDE - Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience [14754] ?

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

Updated Needle Safety Performance Standard [36005] ?

For the design, evaluation, and selection of medical devices

Needlestick Injuries in the United States [32062] ?

A statistical summary plus needlestick safety advice

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Law Resources [14741] ?

Online tutorial for health care workers

Updated Needlestick Safety Device List Exposure Prevention [14753] ?

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

Updated Needlestick Safety Feature Device Evaluation [14734] ?

Design criteria for evaluation of several medical devices

OSHA Needle-Injury Regulations for Disposal of Contaminated Needles [19651] ?

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

Phlebotomy: Disposal of Contaminated Needles & Tube Holders [24711] ?

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

Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Health Care Settings [14739] ?

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

Preventing Needlesticks and Sharps Injuries [24826] ?

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

Safer Needle Devices: Protecting Health Care Workers [7938] ?

Technical assistance in understanding the role of safer needle devices

Sample Sharps Policy [pdf] [36003] ?

A sample policy and procedure for use of conventional sharps devices

Selecting, Evaluating, and Using Sharps Disposal Containers [3287] ?

Presents a comprehensive framework for selecting sharps disposal containers

Sharps - Evaluation of Safety Devices [14747] ?

Lesson learned in safer medical device implementation in health care facilities

Sharps Injury Log [pdf] [35950] ?

Example of a reporting form specialized for sharps injuries

Updated Sharps Injury Prevention [12358] ?

Safe injection practices

Sharps Safety Workbook [7940] ?

For designing, implementing and evaluating a sharps injury prevention program

Training for Development of Innovative Control Technologies Project [14746] ?

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


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