Design & Safety
Safety
Needlesticks

News on needlestick occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens

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

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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

Example of policies on how to handle sharps and piercing objects

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

Online tutorial for health care workers

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

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

Presents a comprehensive framework for selecting sharps disposal containers

Lesson learned in safer medical device implementation in health care facilities

For designing, implementing and evaluating a sharps injury prevention program

State Legislation on Needlestick Prevention/Health Care Worker Protection

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