Sharps Injury & Prevention

Choosing the right sharps container can be confusing. Let us help you navigate the safety, volume, and compliance factors that impact sharps container use.

For patients and staff alike, the greatest threat to healthcare facilities is the failure to prevent and control infection risks. Infection control is a top priority for all clinical facilities across the country: so, let’s review the basics of infection control.

Terry Grimmond details how microbiology plays into sharps injuries and why we must prevent them.

What Safety Features Make A Difference In Your Sharps Container Choice.

Biohazard Waste Compliance - 5 Facts You Need To Know

What is Cytotoxic Waste and what does it have to do with healthcare?

Mary Ogg provides insight into how sharps injuries occur in the OR and how to reduce risk.

Methods to reduce the risk of needlestick injuries in healthcare facilities.

Find out how you can help reduce sharps-injuries year round. We provide tips and tools to help you increase safety throughout the year.

Karen Daley, former President of the American Nurses Association, spent time with us to share her experience as a nurse being stuck by a needle.

We examine the history, regulations and adoption of needlestick injury prevention strategies over the last 37 years and why a spotlight is still required on needlestick injury awareness and reporting.

A survey of 702 surgical trainees in 17 programs from 2007 reported that 99 percent had a needlestick injury by the end of training. Yet, 51 percent of the injuries were not reported to an employee health service.