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USA News
The New York Times highlights the development of a
new type of hand
sanitizer, primarily developed for hospitals, that uses plasma to
zap your hands clean. It’s cheap, too, costing around $100 to build,
so maybe they’ll find their way into the crippled U.S. health-care
system one day?
Nevada's HIV/AIDS organizations face further strain
under proposed state...
Nevada's budget woes could spell even more pain for the state's
financially strapped HIV/AIDS organizations. Governor Jim Gibbons'
latest...
Waste
Management Is Approved as Mail-Back Vendor in Calif.
Since September 2008, disposing of home-generated sharps in the
trash has ... where they can put others at risk of injury or
infection," said Ron Pierce,...
Panel: HIV cases jump sharply in Mecklenburg County
Kelly An expert panel warned Tuesday that efforts to stop the spread
of HIV in Mecklenburg County are failing. The number of reported
of...
Suspect spits on officer, says he's HIV-positive
... of trying to break into a store early this morning fought with
police and later spit on an officer before claiming he was
HIV-positive, police said.
Global News
EU - Sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector
The European Commission publishes a Council Directive proposal
KZN may inherit Medical Waste
Thousands of tons of rotting medical waste - including amputated body
parts, bloodstained bandages and used syringes - may end up being dumped
at a Durban landfill site after Gauteng environmental officials refused
to handle the waste.
Preventing needle-stick injuries in the health sector
An agreement to prevent needle-stick injuries in hospitals, one of the
most widespread and serious risks to health workers across the EU, was
welcomed by an overwhelming majority in Parliament on Thursday. The deal
was drawn up by EU representatives of hospital employers and workers.
South Africa: More Money for HIV/Aids Treatment
Government will be stepping up the fight against HIV and AIDS with the
announcement of a further R3 billion towards its national prevention
and...
Uganda: Over 1000 People Declare HIV Status
Rehema Oryema, an official of the National Association of Women Living
with HIV/AIDS, said: "In Bukonzo West, 1505 people, including 141 in...
New HIV treatment guidelines
The national Health Department has approved new HIV treatment
guidelines, bringing South Africa in line with...
Avian Flu
Swine Flu
County swine flu death tally hits 43
San Bernardino County has ample free H1N1, or swine flu, vaccines for all county
residents. Here are a few distribution options: • Hesperia Public Health...
Three more die of swine flu, toll reaches 273
Three more persons, one of them a one-year-old girl, succumbed to swine flu in
Gujarat, taking the toll to 273, while five new H1N1 cases were reported on...
Kids with neuromuscular disorders hit hard by H1N1 flu
Then, in May, the first wave of swine flu hit Forest Grove Middle School in
Worcester, Mass. It swept Derek under. Doctors say the H1N1 influenza virus...
Disease Center: Up To 17000 Americans Killed by Swine Flu
The H1N1 virus, known as "swine flu," has killed as many as 17000 Americans,
including up to 1800 children, according to a Centers for Disease Control and...
Medical News
Certain Syringes More Likely To Spread
Hepatitis C Virus Among Drug Users
A Yale School of Medicine study reveals that the high
prevalence of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among
injection drug users may be partly due to the resilience
of the virus in certain types of syringes.
Drug for Herpes Slows Progression of HIV
This was incidentally found among individuals who are infected with both HIV and
herpes simplex virus. A previous study demonstrated that acyclovir...
British journal: ...cuts HIV transmission by 60%
As the surgical procedure - minor for male infants - has been shown to reduce
the risk of HIV infection by 60 percent, the World Health Organization and
the...
Detachable needles on syringes promote hepatitis C transmission,
study says
The high incidence of hepatitis C infections among drug abusers may be due in
part to the use of syringes with detachable needles, which are more likely to...
CROI: New Anti-HIV Drug Cuts Viral Load
HIV levels were measured from baseline through day 11, and then tested again at
day 15, day 25, and day 40. Cohen noted that even though the drug was...
West Nile
County confirms human West Nile infection
County health officials have confirmed the county's
second-ever human case of the West Nile Virus. On
Wednesday, July 20,...
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In This Issue
12 Ways to Invite a Needle Stick
Do you and your staff suffer from an anxiety deficiency? Do you wish
you had more to worry about? Are you tired of being safe all the
time? Of course not, but a few careless mistakes in the way your
employees draw blood from patients and they could be among the
hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals who sustain an
accidental needlestick every year.
Brandon clinic's patients warned of hepatitis C outbreak
Hillsborough County health officials have sent letters to patients
of a Brandon holistic medicine clinic warning them to get tested in
the wake of an outbreak of hepatitis C among some who
received treatment there last year.
Keep hand sanitizers accessible
Often hand sanitizers are placed throughout the lab. In one facility
I once found a pile of empty boxes blocking access to one of them.
People will only use the sanitizers if they are convenient and
accessible.
Ask the expert: Drinking on the job, sort of
Our hospital is stating that drinks at desks are not allowed
ANYWHERE in the facility. My question revolves around the business
offices where there is no risk of occupational exposure. Does OSHA
have a ruling on that?
Is it against OSHA regulation to keep a covered
beverage at a nurse's station in a hospital?
OSHA does not have a general prohibition against the consumption of
beverages at hospital nursing stations.
Medical Environment Update—Managing healthcare
workers with bloodborne diseases
That is the feature topic in the February issue of Medical
Environment Update, which specifically looks at healthcare
worker-to-patient transmission instead of the more typical
patient-to-healthcare worker transmission that one finds with
needlesticks.
Needlestick reporting less likely if no witness
A survey of 699 recent medical school graduates from 17 medical
schools found that at least one needlestick injury was sustained by
59 percent during medical school and 83 percent during residency.
Although nearly half were never reported, reporting was more likely
if someone witnessed the incident.
Cutting Residents' Hours No Easy Task
Numerous public health groups sent a letter Feb. 4 to Dr. Thomas J.
Nasca, executive director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education, saying they fear patient safety is not being
given sufficient consideration
HOSPITAL workers often have to wash their hands
dozens of times a day
...and may need a minute or more to do the process right, by
scrubbing with soap and water. But new devices could reduce the task
to just four seconds, cleaning even hard-to-reach areas under
fingernails.
Certain Syringes More Likely To Spread Hepatitis C Virus Among Drug
Users
A Yale School of Medicine study reveals that the high prevalence of
the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injection drug users may be partly
due to the resilience of the virus in certain types of syringes.
Preventing needle-stick injuries in the health sector
The Employment and Social Affairs Committee today backed an
agreement between European social partners to help prevent
needle-stick injuries in the hospital sector, one of the most common
and serious risks for health workers across the EU.
Needlestick injury
Some people, such as health care workers are at increased risk of
needlestick injury, which occurs when the skin is accidentally
punctured by a used needle. Blood-borne diseases that could be
transmitted by such an injury include human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV).
Hospitals protect employees while caring for patients
Hospitals have specific protocols in place in the case of a needle
stick or exposure to bodily fluids. At PinnacleHealth, an exposure
response team works...
HIV transmission among male partners
The study, which may be important in developing prevention
strategies for HIV, will appear in Science Translational Medicine...
OSHA Violations
...recent citations issued
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Real Needlestick and
Blood Exposure
Stories
Just last month
Joanne Brown, a St. Catharines, Ont. nurse, got
the scare of her life. She got poked with an IV needle, and
immediately had to be tested for HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
Brown's tests have so far come back negative, but she'll face
more testing in the years to come.
A former Montreal dermatologist is suing the McGill University
Health Centre for $1 million after he contracted AIDS through a
needlestick injury in 1997. In his claim, the doctor says he
tried to throw the needle into the "sharps" basket, but because
the basket was full, the needle bounced back out and pricked his
left thumb. "The cost of a life is far more important than what
they have to worry about financially," Brown says.
The SAFhandle™
Safety Scalpel Blade and Reusable Metal Handle System
The SAFhandle™ safety scalpel system is a logical re-engineering
of the conventional scalpel blade and handle- designed to
achieve the optimum balance between employee safety and the
effective delivery of optimal healthcare while mitigating costs.
The SAFhandle™ safety blade is a passive device with a round-tip
instead of a sharp-tip to prevent accidental stab wounds.
Round-tipped blades are identified as an example of engineering
controls to prevent needlestick injuries by CDC, AORN and EPINET.
PROTECTION DURING USE WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE
The SAFhandle™ safety scalpel system will exceed the cutting
performance of conventional scalpels due to the innovative blade
fitment and locking system which reinforces and strengthens the
blade and greatly enhances cutting action. Surgeons will be
delighted with its precise and robust cutting action and the
confidence it inspires.
Step 1 Push the upper handle jaw tab slightly up and
gently open the upper jaw of the handle in the direction of the
arrow (clockwise) till the jaws are open wide enough to receive
the blade. Do not force the jaws beyond the jaw stop pin.
Step 2 Holding a SAFhandle™
blade of matching fitment size with a hemostat and using
fitment pins as guides seat the blade on the handle as shown.
Ensure the blade is seated flat.
Step 3 Now close the jaws of the handle together till the
handle tab locks with the handle jaws lock pin The SAFhandle™
is ready for use.
Step 4 To remove
the blade open the jaws of the handle a described in step 1.
Then turn handle over and drop blade into a sharps count
container.
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