Amgen
Immunization
Branch-California Dept. of Health Services
ANFIM - Association of Needle-free Injection Mfrs
Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association (CINA)
Sarstedt
Center for Phlebotomy Education, Inc.
Managing Infection Control Magazine
Medical Safety Technologies, Inc.
Luminetx Corporation
Anatomy
of Needlestick Injury; Ron Stoker, Business Briefing: Global
Healthcare- Advanced Medical Technologies 2004- Infection Control and
Epidemiology
Needlestick Injury Prevention, Ron Stoker, Business Briefing: Global
Healthcare 2003
Specially designed syringes maximize flue vaccine supply - Syringes
reduce costs and and increase healthcare worker safety and patient comfort
Evaluation of The BD IntegraTM 3ml Syringe with Retracting BD PrecisionGlide™
Needle at Texas Children’s Hospital and Test-Med
Safety Wound
Closure Presentation
Sharps Safety - Gaps and successes of safety device market conversion
By Amber Hogan
Technology and the engineering of safety devices has
increased since the promulgation of the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (BPS)
(29 CFR 1910.1030) in 1991. As a result, OSHA revised its enforcement
procedures in 1999 (CPL 02-02-069) to include guidance for its compliance
safety and health officers to begin citing health care employers for failure
to use safety devices where their use is feasible and effective.
Not Just
painful, Deadly! Patients aren't the only ones scared of Needles By Ron
Stoker
Future Healthcare, Summer 2006 p 121-3
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