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Welcome to the ISIPS Newsletter |
April 9, 2010 |
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USA News
S.C.
Hospital Found Guilty of Stark Violations
Hepatitis C Infection Doubles Risk for Kidney Cancer
That was tainted blood
San Fran Recommends Early HIV Treatment
Report: Minnesota STD cases decline in 2009
CDC Increases HIV Testing Program
Man uses HIV as weapon in armed robbery attempt
Syphilis rates triple in city
Global News
Teacher jailed for needle attacks-Eight children fatally stabbed at
school
Unsafe ...Passes Needle Use as Source of Indonesian HIV Transmission
Improving Conditions
for Waste Pickers
Doctor link to 12 hepatitis C cases
Red-shirts blood high in HIV, Hepatitis viruses
Avian Flu
Romania - Bird flu
More bird flu cases arising in Vietnam
Vietnam, Egypt report new H5N1 cases
Swine Flu
Global swine flu deaths top 16000
Editorial: Health ... swine flu threat
isn't over
Swine flu virus structure uncovered
Chance of second wave of swine flu this
NHS left with 34m stockpile of swine flu
jabs
What Has Hit Ghana Is H1N1 And Not Swine
Flu
Medical News
Dirty water kills more people than violence
New Drug Cures Hard-to-Treat Hepatitis C
Peregrine says study shows anti-HIV
potential of antibodies
Structure of Key HIV Protein Revealed
New therapy for hepatitis C is proposed
West Nile
West Nile Virus Precautions
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In This Issue
AORN weighs in on laundering surgical scrubs in-house
Man
flu is no myth as scientists prove men suffer more from disease
Medical Waste Found
In Sparks Parking Lot
Needle pricks a work hazard for docs, nurses
Needlestick, Sharp Injuries on the Rise in the OR
Study: Surgical Sharps Injuries on the Rise
Needle pricks a work hazard for docs, nurses
Potential Risk to Blood Supply Probed
Potential Risk to Blood Supply Suspected by Public Health
Officials
OSHA Violations
...citations issued
ISIPS Corporate Members
Please click on any ISIPS member below to view their sharps safety products!
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 Luminetx Corporation
Real Needlestick and
Blood Exposure Stories One of the techs in the ER where I work got stuck with a needle when trying to put it in a full needle box. He said he was ok and didn't want to do anything. The pt was a former nurse in her 50's that was there for altered mental status. I told him he had to be seen and go through the protocol for a needle stick. I also had the lab run tests on the pt., since the blood was already drawn we didn't have to get permission. Well this lady came back HIV+. Our tech (who we love dearly) is now taking the protocol meds (which are making him sick) and waiting on pins and needles for his test results to come back.
tip-top Safety Engineered Needle Technologies
tip-top was established to devise the technology necessary for a range of safety-engineered needlestick protection devices. This ongoing long-term effort continues to deliver worthwhile intellectual property into our ever-expanding patent portfolio – which now comprises a collection of more than 12 core patent families extending to the USA, Japan, Europe, Canada, Australia and several other countries.
tip-top has a range of safety-engineered needles designs for luerslip or luerlok connection to any syringe. And importantly these safety needles provide fully-passive needlestick protection before, during and after an injection. Making intradermal, subcutaneous or intramuscular parenteral drug delivery safer and simpler.
tip-top has developed various safe needle handling accessories, together with standalone safety-engineered pen needle designs; to help make pen-injector usage safer and simpler, within the hospital or home environment.
tip-top has a number of safety-engineered solutions for pre-filled glass syringes having either staked needles or luerslip/luerlok connections, and in common with other tip-top designs, many of these devices utilise our proprietary non-metallic spring technology to reduce cost, and lessen the environmental impact of single use medical products. By using the latest CAD/CAM technology, and our in-house toolmaking and plastic injection moulding machinery, we now have available for demonstration examples of our various devices. Click here for more information. WIN A FREE IPOD NANO Would you like a free ipod nano? Then help us with a survey on broken glass and broken glass injuries! If you will answer all questions in a brief survey, your name will be thrown into a hat. At the end of the survey, we will draw out 5 lucky participants that will get an ipod nano! The information provided in the survey will help provide data for an article on glass injuries.
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ISIPS Articles
Managing Infection Control articles written by Ron Stoker 2009 October 2009- Preventing Injuries from Glass Ampoule Shards-Advances in glass ampoule breakers April 2009 - Safety Enhancements for Blood Culture Processing-Protecting Staff From Harm April 2009 - Neuropathy Testing - One of the Challenges of Diabetes April 2009 - Where to Find Safety Products - Part Four March 2009 - Sharps Safety Matters - Where to find Safety Products - Part Three February 2009 - Advances in Internal Bone Fixation - Sharps Safety for Orthopedic Surgeons February 2009 - Sharps Safety Matters! - Where to find Safety Products Part 2 January 2009 - Sharps Safety Matters! - Where to find Safety Products Part I 2008 December 2008 - 2008 International Sharps Injury Prevention Awards November 2008 - Sharps Injuries - just part of the job, right? October 2008 - Eye Can See Clearly Now - the Positive use of face shields as PPE September 2008 - Safety Scalpels - State of the Market Report August 2008 Revolutionary Designs - New passive, self-sheathing safety syringe June 2008 - One Less Problem - Safe Practices When Administering IV Therapy May 2008 - Scalpel Safety - Protecting patients and clinicians April 2008 - Working in Harms Way - Understanding Sharps Safety Compliance April 2008 - PPE Practices - Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Satellite Locations March 2008 - Simply Safe- Providing safety for the needle that saves lives 2007 November 2007 - A Fortune to Share -Changing attitudes toward sharps safety. June 2007 - OSHA’s Most Cited Hospital Violations - Strategies for Creating a Safe Workplace May 2007 - OR Safety - Improvements in Sharps Safety in the Operating Room May 2007- Safety Product Review - Use Safety Products to Improve Staff and Patient Safety. April 2007- Needlestick Safety-Not just a U.S. problem. Feb 2007 A Change Of Heart - Set Goals To Improve Your Teams Safety Jan 2007 Stuck at Work - Use Safety Blood Draw Products To Avoid Needlestick Injuries 2006 September 2006 -Evaluating Safety Products - Decision Making in the Selection of Safety Products August 2006 -Safety Peripheral IV Catheters - State of the market report June 2006 BESIDE THE POINT: Safety Huber Needles 2006 - State of the Market Report May 2006 - Zero Needlesticks— A Goal We Can Live With! Current OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Citations April 2006 - A Change of Heart - Set Goals to Change Your Team's Sharps Safety February 2006 - How Can You Tell If Your OSHA inspection is going poorly? Part II
Additional Articles
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
Safety Wound
Closure Presentation
Not Just
painful, Deadly! Patients aren't the only ones scared of Needles |
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Links
Immunization Branch, California Department of Health Services ANFIM - Association of Needle-free Injection Manufacturers International Association of EMTs and Paramedics AOHP - Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare CINA - Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association Center for Phlebotomy Education |
Compendium of Infection
Control Technologies
Digital Edition The Compendium of Infection Control
Technologies - Digital Edition is now available. It also includes:
The Compendium of Infection Control Technologies is only $89.95. It will save you literally hundreds of hours in searching for safety products. |
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