Policy, practice, and training need to address new devices engineered to prevent sharps injuries, sharps disposal containers, and prophylaxis after percutaneous injury.EPA = Environmental Protection Agency, NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA = Occupational Safety and ...
Employers may use the OSHA 300 and 301 Forms to meet the sharps injury log requirement of §1910.1030(h)(5), if the employer enters the type and brand of the device causing the sharps injury on the log and maintains the records in a way that segregates sharps injuries from other types ...
Needlestick injuries among health care workers are a recognized health hazard, with 400,000 needlesticks occurring annually among the 4 million health care workers in the United States. Existing needlestick injury literature primarily focuses on hospital sites and may not be generalizable to other hea...
Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers incur injuries with needles and other sharp instruments every year, which places them at risk for bloodborne infections. "Especially amongst dermatologists, it's not a question of if you get stuck, it's a question of when," Zampella toldMedscape Med...
Issues in understanding the impact of the needlestick safety and prevention act on hospital sharps injuries. Measuring the effect of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) is challenging. No agreement exists on a common denominator for calculating injury......
Although OSHA's newest regulations mandate the use of safer medical devices, recording of needlestick injuries is still not mandatory. Therefore, accurate data are not yet available to document the baseline and assess the progress of interventions.Fletcher...
OSHA and Congress Press for Greater Protections Against Needlestick InjuriesManela, Stewart S.Clermont, FabiennePain Physician
In 1991, OSHA published the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910.1030, to protect workers from exposures to bloodborne illnesses. Because needlestick injuries are a major cause of these exposures in the health care setting, it is important to recognize ...
Congress and OSHA turn a sharp eye on needlestick injuriesRose, Joan R
Introduces the federal legislation in the United States (US) aimed at reducing needlestick injuries among health care workers. Plans of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration reg...