The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

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 ...

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 ...

The dreaded needlestick in the healthcare environment is a source of nightmares for many. People have dreamed about getting rid of needles for years, not only to help patients relax when getting their ...

To promote safe work practices, healthcare personnel need to have an awareness of the risk of injury throughout the time a sharp is exposed and use a combination of strategies to protect themselves ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday finalized a proposal to reclassify needle destruction devices from Class III to Class II and to rename the device type to “sharps needle ...

A needlestick injury is a percutaneous piercing wound typically caused by a needlepoint, resulting in exposure to potentially harmful body fluids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...