ANA released these findings from the 2008 Study of Nurses’ Views on Workplace Safety and Needlestick Injuries, an independent nationwide survey of more than 700 nurses. “An overwhelming majority of ...

A needlestick injury is a percutaneous piercing wound typically caused by a needlepoint, resulting in exposure to potentially harmful body fluids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

This article appears in the March 2013 issue of Patient Safety Monitor Journal. Clinicians use needles, syringes, and related products every day to care for their patients. These devices carry ...

The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) (HR.5178) was signed into law on November 6, 2000. 1 It required employers to provide safety-engineered devices to employees who are at risk for ...

As part of the dental team, needlestick safety is something you should be acutely aware of in your day-to-day role. A survey of 1,216 dental nurses from the UK and Ireland conducted in conjunction ...

Susan A. Dolan, RN, MS, CIC, public policy committee chair of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, spoke at an American Nurses Association event marking the 10-year ...

A nurses’ union in California is celebrating what it calls a first-in-the-nation workplace safety benefit in its new agreement with Centinela Hospital. Approved in December, the contract between the ...

In healthcare settings, the safety and well-being of healthcare workers are paramount. One overlooked area of concern is the occurrence of needlestick and sharps injuries. These incidents, often a ...