Our Safety
Boasting the safest sharps containers and medical waste management systems in the world, Daniels products and solutions protect healthcare workers and those in their care.
Making Healthcare Safer
‘Making Healthcare Safer’ is the philosophy that guides Daniels; we are committed to developing the safest, most environmentally friendly products and services available for everyone involved in healthcare. Our products and systems have been developed with extensive input and advice from healthcare workers around the world, including clinicians, safety and health personnel, infection control, EVS managers, and support staff such as cleaners and orderlies.
By converting to a Daniels Sharpsmart Container, Container Related Needlestick Injuries were reduced by 86.6%
Peer-Reviewed Study published in the American Journal of Infection Control
The reality is that of the 320,000 needlestick injuries incurred by healthcare workers every year – which is conservative due to the majority of NSIs going unreported – a portion of these are attributed to container-related sharps injuries. The majority of needlestick injuries go unreported, so the actual number is much higher. We understand that the design of sharps containers greatly impacts the safety of the user – which is why we created a safety-engineered sharps containment device proven to mitigate container-related risks.
In 2 years with Sharpsmart, disposable related sharps injuries fell by 83.1%
A 6-year, 3-phase study compared the use of a small patient-room sharps disposal container with the Daniels Sharpsmart reusable container. In phase 1 of the study, the facility utilized disposable sharps containers and recorded 19.4% of sharps injuries being container-related. In phases 2 and 3 with the introduction of sharpsmart, container-associated sharps injuries were reduced to zero, disposal-related sharps injuries fell by 83.1%, and recapping sharps injuries were reduced to 85.1%.
An audit of sharps containers revealed 42.5% of all devices were discarded ‘sharp’
A study took a sampling of sharps containers from five healthcare facilities in Florida. Contents were decanted, categorized and counted to identify the proportion of hollow-bore safety engineered devices (SED) among the sharps present, and the proportion of SED correctly activated. 69 Gallons of sharps from 18 sharps containers were examined, revealing 54.4% of hollow-bore sharps were conventional (non SED) sharps, 39.9% of conventional needles were capped, and 21.6% of SED were not activated or activated incorrectly.
86.6% reduction in container-associated sharps injuries
A comparison of Daniels Sharpsmart sharps management system with 10 alternate sharps container brands
A study carried out in 8 acute care hospitals ranging in size from 150 to 850 beds in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland, compared Daniels Sharpsmart to 10 alternate sharps container brands. Upon implementation of the Daniels system, results revealed an 86.6% reduction in container-related sharps injuries, and a 25.7% reduction in non container-related sharps injuries.
In 2 years with Sharpsmart, container associated sharps injuries were eliminated
A 6-year, 3-phase study compared the use of a small patient-room sharps disposal container with the Daniels Sharpsmart reusable container. In phase 1 of the study, the facility utilized disposable sharps containers and recorded 19.4% of sharps injuries being container related. In phases 2 and 3 with the introduction of sharpsmart, container associated sharps injuries were eliminated completely.
Recapping sharps injuries reduced by 85.1% with Sharpsmart
A 6-year, 3-phase study compared the use of a small patient-room sharps disposal container with the Daniels Sharpsmart reusable container. In phase 1 of the study, the facility utilized disposable sharps containers and recorded 19.4% of sharps injuries being container-related. In phases 2 and 3 with the introduction of sharpsmart, container-associated sharps injuries were reduced to zero, and recapping needlestick injuries were reduced by 85.1%.
Let’s together make needlestick injuries a thing of the past
The 2015 EXPO STOP study conducted across the United States estimates 320,000 needlestick and other sharps-related injuries are sustained by healthcare personnel in the USA annually. We are passionate about reducing this number. Learn how Daniels can partner with you in reducing risk exposure and increasing sharps injury awareness in your facility:
Sharpsmart. World Leading Sharps Safety Technology
Peer reviewed in four independent studies, clinically proven to reduce needlestick Injuries by up to 87%, and relied on by healthcare facilities around the world, the Sharpsmart system is driven by a single objective – To Save Lives. Designed with 13 safety features, manufactured with needle-impenetrable plastic, a gravity-balanced safety tray for risk-free sharps disposal, and a built-in overfill protection mechanism, the Daniels Sharpsmart is the most advanced sharps container system in the world.
Infection risk… could this be reduced by safe waste practices?
With safety as our primary driver, learn why Daniels has invested millions of dollars in R&D to develop world-leading leakproof containment systems, robotic washing processes achieving the highest levels of bacterial load reduction, and a suite of space-optimizing accessories that enable hands-free operation and point-of-use accessibility. Daniels recognizes that a clinical environment requires a clinical solution, and safety in an infection-controlled environment is not simply a ‘nice to have’.
Infection Prevention and Waste | A new paradigm
Rethinking how medical waste impacts the clinical environment
We talk about hand hygiene, we talk about “touches” and the spread of infection, but what we don’t talk about is the impact waste in a patient environment has on infection control. Bins being wheeled from the ICU through to a loading dock, static containers that never undergo high-pressure wash or sanitization, and open-lidded bins in patient wards. At Daniels, we are rethinking what clinical means when it comes to medical waste management.
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