Laboratory workers and clinicians must remain vigilant in regard to needlesticks, sharps safety, and bloodborne infection prevention. Editor's note: This article was originally published by the HCPro ...
To create a culture of safety, organizations must address those factors known to influence em­ployees’ attitudes and behavior. Organizations must also direct measures to reduce hazards in the ...
Study results suggest that although there have been significant advancements in sharps safety technology and legislation to support sharps safety, sharps-related injuries actually increased during the ...
Healthcare organizations are finding that increased patient volumes combined with employee exhaustion and supply chain disruptions can erode safety culture and contribute to issues with routine ...
Sharps are those instruments when intact or broken have the ability to, cut, scratch or pierce the skin or breach mucus membranes. Used or infectious sharps are sharps that have been in contact with ...
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses offers an extensive sharps safety toolkit to help teach evidence-based practices and prevention techniques to decrease sharps injuries during surgery ...
Employees, community members, and safety leaders gathered over Labor Day to honor St. Louis Cold Drawn’s commitment to prevention, innovation, and a culture of workplace safety. St. Louis Cold Drawn, ...