Choosing safety despite your manufacturers’ options
Briefings on Infection Control, May 1, 2010
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In November 2000, Congress passed a bill that would change the dynamics of healthcare worker safety. At the time, the CDC estimated that 600,000–800,000 percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps occur annually among healthcare workers in the United States.
For the first time, the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act required employers to properly evaluate and purchase sharps safety devices. Months later, in 2001, OSHA officially adopted the act into its Bloodborne Pathogens standard.
This regulation, coupled with significant technological advances in safety needles, has helped reduce the risk of needlesticks among healthcare workers.
However, the CDC estimates that about 385,000 sharps injuries occur annually among hospital employees.
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