Twenty children received needle-stick injuries with a risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 during an incident in a primary school playground. All were counseled and offered human ...
Roughly 385,000 sharps injuries, like needlestick injuries, occur annually to hospital employees, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, putting healthcare workers at risk of ...
The FDA, CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and OSHA has issued guidance, in which they strongly encourage healthcare professionals to use blunt-tip suture needles as an ...
The initial risk assessment involved clarifying the nature of the incident and assessing the risk of exposure to BBV or other hazards. It was possible to establish that the lancets were sealed and ...