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Needlestick Safety Remains a Concern for Healthcare Professionals

Despite legislation and continued focus across the U.S. to improve sharps safety, needlestick injuries (NSIs) resulting in the exposure to infectious disease continue to be a major issue facing all healthcare professionals. Lynn Hadaway, MEd, RN, BC, CRNI, who has more than ...More
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Infusion Nurses Society's Fall Meeting to Highlight Technology and Best Practice

Infusion nurses will meet in Los Angeles Nov. 18-20 to add to their clinical knowledge at the Infusion Nurses Society's (INS) Fall National Academy of Infusion Therapy and One-Day Program. The One-Day Program, held on Friday and sponsored by B Braun/Aesculap Academy, is ...More
November 15, 2011
Posted in News
Radiologist Aims to Prevent Needlesticks, Invents Safety Device

The Safety Shield in action. Radiologist Dr. Bruce Hedgepeth of St. John's, part of Sisters of Mercy Health System, knew there had to be a better way to prevent himself and his colleagues from a common health care workplace danger -- accidental needlesticks. Needlestick ...More
July 14, 2011
Posted in News
Needlestick Injuries Reduced Through Use of Safety Feature-Enhanced Needle Disposal Device

A safety enhanced disposal device could prevent more than 19,000 accidental needlesticks and other sharps injuries to healthcare workers, suggests a study published in the current issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. The study found the use of the Daniels ...More
November 26, 2010
Posted in News
Safe in Common Online Community Launches Global Injection Safety Website

Safe in Common, an online community of healthcare workers, educators, patients, community leaders and individuals, today announced the launch of its website dedicated to raising awareness of global injection safety challenges. Safe in Common’s launch coincides with the 10th ...More
November 5, 2010
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APIC Representative Speaks at Needlestick Safety Event

Every healthcare institution should be working toward a goal of zero needlestick and sharps injuries to protect healthcare personnel and patients from exposure to infection, according to Susan A. Dolan, RN, MS, CIC, the public policy committee chair of APIC -- the ...More
November 4, 2010
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Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act 10-Year Anniversary

A decade later, the sharps safety focus seems to be slipping, expert warns. ...More
November 2, 2010
Posted in Articles
Study Raises Ongoing Issue of Passive vs. Active Safety-Engineered Sharps Devices

Any device that endeavors to protect healthcare workers from needlesticks and other percutaneous injuries is a benefit to the occupational safety and health agenda in healthcare institutions, but a recent study is asking clinicians to consider whether passive ...More
November 2, 2010
Posted in Articles
Conference Maps Future of Needlestick Safety and Prevention

The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia, supported by the Premier Safety Institute, presents the event, "Tenth Anniversary of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Mapping Progress, Charting a Future Path," to be held Nov. 5-6, ...More
October 20, 2010
Posted in News
Teleflex Introduces PICC Wand

Teleflex has partnered with Access Scientific Incorporated to become the U.S. distributor of The PICC WAND™ Safety Introducer with ARROW® peelable sheath. This new, all- in-one vascular access device provides clinicians a faster, safer, simpler way to insert a peel away ...More
September 7, 2010
Posted in News