Safe in Common has released the “Top 10 Golden Rules of Safety” to reduce the risk of needlestick and sharps injuries in the healthcare setting. The 10 rules are intended to provide guidelines for ...

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 ...

Safe in Common has issued the “Top 10 Golden Rules of Safety” to improve healthcare worker safety when working with sharps. The 10 rules are intended to provide guidelines for healthcare workers using ...

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 ...

Bill Clinton signed the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (NSPA) in 2000, requiring health care facilities to evaluate and provide safety devices for their workers. The legislation broadened the ...

In this context, a sharp can be defined as any dental instrument that has the potential to cause a penetrating injury to the skin. When contaminated with body fluids, a percutaneous injury is classed ...

A "culture of safety" is a central value in most healthcare institutions. One crucial piece is protecting employees from the risk of occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens. Indeed, ...

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, ...