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May 13, 2011 
USA News

USA Health News

Hepatitis lurking in millions of Baby Boomers?
Screening baby boomers for hepatitis C may uncover millions of infections and prevent 59000 deaths among aging Americans, many of whom have no idea they may carry the liver-damaging virus, researchers said, Bloomberg News reports.

Convicted of murder for spreading HIV, man faces dangerous offender hearing
Johnson Aziga, convicted of first-degree murder for infecting sexual partners with HIV, may be declared a dangerous offender. A dangerous-offender hearing will start Tuesday for Johnson Aziga,...

Recipient got kidney from donor with hepatitis C
UPMC said today that the reason it shut down its live kidney donor transplant program was that a patient recently received a kidney from a donor who was hepatitis C positive. The revelation prompted UPMC late...

Nebraska legislature moves towards passage of 'medically inaccurate' HIV ...
Lawmakers in Nebraska on Tuesday came one step closer to passing a controversial piece of legislation which activists say is not based in sound science and is likely to increase stigma around HIV and Hepatitis...

Yellowstone County reports 6 new HIV cases
Yellowstone County health officials say six new cases of HIV have been diagnosed in less than a month. RiverStone Health officials say the cases reported between March 24 and April 18 involve five men and a woman between the ages of 24 and 43.

Aide named in Vegas hepatitis C case pleads not guilty to federal conspiracy...
A former top aide to the ailing physician-owner of a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic at the center of a 2008 hepatitis outbreak has pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy and health care fraud charges. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports...

Agency: Six new HIV cases in Montana
Texting and social networking sites are being credited for a spike in the number of HIV cases reported in Yellowstone County, according to RiverStone Health officials. Six new positive tests were reported between March 24 and April 18,...

Global News

Remove Prejudice Against Children With HIV/AIDS, Says Rosmah
The prime minister's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor Thursday called on society to remove all prejudice against children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS. She said as a responsible society, Malaysian society could help...

Advocates still concerned about Kalamazoo HIV disclosures
In spite of a 2009 change to controversial Client Acknowledgement forms used to inform HIV-positive patients of their legal responsibilities in Kalamazoo County, HIV advocates remain seriously concerned about the documents...

Ukraine Struggles to Curb HIV Epidemic Amid Drug Shortages, Political Hurdles
Ukraine has the highest HIV infection rate in Europe and now there are fears its epidemic could spread to neighboring countries. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports from Ukraine on the health issue. JEFFREY BROWN: Next, the second of two reports...

African ministers hail HIV therapy progress
African ministers on Friday hailed a lowering of mother-to-child HIV transmission rates as a result of treatment at a meeting in Rome on Friday, a day after a study found key benefits from early therapy. "The vertical transmission of the virus...

African Under Attack as HIV/AIDS Epidemic Turns 30
Thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, stigma and discrimination continue to slow efforts to prevent and treat the disease. And more and more, men are becoming the targets in sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, for example, legislation had been...

Woman warns others after needle stick injury
A TERRIFIED mum-of-four has warned others to be alert after a discarded hypodermic needle got stuck in her hand while she was gardening. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous but lives in Queensway, Old Dalby, now faces a stressful three months...

Avian Flu

Increase in bird flu reports in Q1
Well over 800 outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu in poultry were reported to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in the first three months of this year, in a dozen countries around the world. Egypt remains one of the worst hit regions,...

Bird flu discovered in The Netherlands
An Avian Influenza outbreak has been diagnosed on an organic poultry farm near the village of Kootwijkerbroek in the Netherlands. Most likely it is the low pathogenic H7 strain, but still this must be confirmed. All 8800 hens have been culled...

Dutch to cull 8800 chicken in bird flu alert
Dutch authorities on Thursday said they would destroy 8800 chickens at an organic poultry farm after the discovery of bird flu. Sixty farms within a three kilometre (two mile) radius of the farm in Kootwijkerbroek,...

Swine Flu

Swine flu concerns in jails
In a confined space, a contagious illness like the swine flu (H1N1) could spread quickly. It's a problem health officials inside jails are thinking about as cases of swine flu fluctuate. Many have come up with a health plan, but in Ireland their plan...

Tragic swine flu coma mum dies
A YOUNG mum put into a coma in a desperate attempt to save her unborn child has died after a six-month battle with swine flu — without ever seeing her baby girl. Leanne Gunnell, 22, was misdiagnosed twice after falling ill last...

Medical News

Higher HIV risk in black men is linked to partner choice
Young black men who have with men get infected with HIV nearly five times more often than...The discrepancy has long mystified public health experts,...

Step in breakdown of HIV proteins essential to recognition, destruction of ...
A key step in the processing of HIV within cells appears to affect how effectively the immune system's killer T cells can recognize and destroy infected cells. Researchers at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have found that – as HIV proteins...

New Hepatitis C Drugs Approaching Finish Line
Hepatitis C, an infection of the liver, is caused by the deadly hepatitis C virus. This contagious liver disease can be either acute or chronic. Currently there is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C. But there are approved anti-viral...

Health Buzz: Early HIV Treatment Protects Partners
Treating HIV infections right away, before patients are too sick, could lower their chances of spreading the AIDS virus to partners—averting millions of infections. So suggests a major international study supported by the...

West Nile

Protect yourself from threat of viru s-carrying mosquitos
That means it is time to worry about West Nile virus. West Nile is a viral infection, which in most individuals, causes minimal symptoms, including low-grade fever, headaches and possibly a mild rash. In some older and very young victims,...

Wet spring expected to bring swarms of mosquitoes
The mayor says mosquitoes spread West Nile virus which makes it a public health issue and, therefore, a provincial responsibility. However, the province counters that increased revenue sharing gives municipalities enough money to cover the costs.

Dead Crow Infected With West Nile Virus
A crow recently found dead in West Covina was infected with West Nile Virus, officials said today. By Mirna Alfonso | Email the author | 5:56am Authorities today confirmed that a dead crow found recently in West Covina tested positive for West Nile...

 

 
In This Issue

6 Ways to Decrease Sharps Injuries and Needle Sticks in the OR
Sharps injuries and needle sticks are a significant hazard in the operating room, and providers who don't comply with prevention practices can endanger themselves, their colleagues and their patients. Mary J. Ogg, MSN, ...

HIV-positive mothers can exclusively nurse babies for 6 months
HIV positive mothers can exclusively nurse their babies for six months to keep them healthy and free of infection if placed on anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. David Okello, the WHO Country Representative...

Diagnosis of hepatitis C is more urgent than prevention
“Needle exchanges help, too'' (May 9) brings important visibility to the hidden epidemic of hepatitis C. While we agree that every effort should be made to prevent new infections, these cases represent just 1 percent of people living ...

CD4 Cell Decline In HIV Controllers May Increase The Risk For HIV Disease...
Results from a recent French study indicate that HIV controllers with rarely or frequently detectable viral loads, known as “blips,” may experience a significant decline in CD4 cells compared to HIV controllers with undetectable viral loads.

Dunkin' Workers Threatened With HIV-Infected Needle
A woman threatened a Dunkin' Donuts employee with what she said was an HIV-infected needle during a robbery in Saugus on Sunday night. Police were called to the store at 533 Broadway at about 6:30 pm, where the woman threatened to stab a...

May 19th Spotlights Alarming Rise In HIV Infections Among Asian and Pacific...
Recent analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that A&PIs have the highest rate of increase in new HIV infections in the nation, the only statistically significant growth among any racial or ethnic group,...

Hepatitis C transmission causes UPMC kidney program shut down
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) temporarily shut down its live kidney donor transplant program late Monday after it was discovered that a kidney transplant recipient got Hepatitis C from a kidney donor.

Scientists 'tinker' with HIV drug chemistry hoping to reduce costs
"The chemistry effort represents a new sophistication among AIDS advocates, who fear a wave of HIV deaths in developing countries due to flat funding for international treatment programs," the newspaper writes. The Clinton team is also looking at how...

OSHA Violations
...citations issued
St. Lukes Living Centers

Cedar Rapids, IA

 Exposure Control Plan does not document annually consideration and implementation of safety products

Failure to establish and maintain a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps.

Green Valley Dental Center

Henderson, NV

 Failure to document implementation of compliance, vaccination, and follow-up

Failure to maintain training records for 3 years from the date on which the training occurred.
ISIPS Corporate Members

Please click on any ISIPS member below to view their sharps safety products!

Amgen

Covidien

B. Braun Medical, Inc.

Becton Dickinson

Inviro Medical Devices, Inc.

Greiner Bio-One GmbH

Immunization Branch-California Dept. of Health Services

Smiths Medical

Retractable Technologies Inc.

Terumo Medical Corporation

ANFIM - Association of Needle-free Injection Mfrs

Angiodynamics

Medi-Dose, Inc. - EPS, Inc.

International Association of EMTs and Paramedics

ITL Corporation

Bemis Manufacturing Company

Maximus Medical

Qlicksmart Pty Ltd

Milestone Scientific

Baxa Corporation

LifeChoice Donor Services

3M

Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association (CINA)

Sarstedt

Myco Medical

Health Care Logistics, Inc.

Center for Phlebotomy Education, Inc.

Managing Infection Control Magazine

The Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals

Kawasumi Laboratories America

Starr Systems, LLC

Owen Mumford

West Pharmaceutical Services

Christie Medical Holdings, Inc.

Sandel Medical Industries

Infusive Technologies, LLC

Jai Surgicals Ltd.

Onyx Medical

Allen Medical Systems

AngioTech

DC Surgical Solutions

Bard Access Systems

Access Scientific

Sanofi-AVentis

Navilyst

Purple Surgical International, Ltd.

Cory Bros Ltd.

Advanced Medical Innovations

Kinamed

Unilife

Sharpsfree

Peak Surgical

ICU Medical

Safety Lady LLC

Sharps Compliance, Inc.

Ethicon, Inc.

Advantage Medical Devices

tip-top

Global Medi Products

MediPurpose

Joey Medical

Real Needlestick and
Blood Exposure Stories

A couple of days ago I was stuck with a needle. I was giving a pain med through the 2nd port from the patient on the IV tubing and as I was pulling the needle out, it nicked my index finger. I know it wasn't actually in the person, but is there any way I could be infected from the iv fluids. The fluids were running at the time and i don't think any blood was backed up into the tubing. I reported it to my supervisor and the patient was tested for HIV, and she was positive. I was devastated and i haven't been able to get it out of my mind. I am taking the medicine, but i am worried sick.

Featured Safety Product

Joey Medical

Cuts and Clamps the Umbilical Cord
With an emphasis on safety and ease of use, the Joey Spray Guard is a delivery system that cuts and clamps both the maternal and infant sides of the umbilical cord and leaves the cute Joey Clamp on the infant.

Up to 10x faster than conventional methods
The Joey's efficient design and one handed use have been shown to improve delivery times by as much as 10x. This performance edge becomes more pronounced in multiple births where efficiency is paramount to the safe delivery of each infant. As can be seen on the Discovery Health Channel footage in the Joey Short Overview video, the Hedricks' sextuplets were delivered in only two and a half minutes using the Joey System.

Reduces the Spray
The Joey Spray Guard provides a concurrent clamping and cutting action that shields the caregiver from blood spray.  This advanced, ergonomically designed product will change the face of delivery.

The Package
The package includes the Joey Clamp (the baby-side clamp), an umbilical cord cutter incorporating a maternal clamp, an Opening Tool and Instructions for Use.

The Joey Spray Guard is ergonomically designed for one-handed use.  Its double latching system ensures complete cut and closure of the device.  Once fully latched, simply pressing outward on Joey’s ears easily ejects the Joey Clamp, the only piece which stays with the baby.

Safety
The current controls in place to reduce blood exposure in the labor and delivery environment consist of goggles, masks, drapes and gowns.  While these controls are effective to an extent they are by design reactive not proactive.  The Joey Spray Guard is a proactive device that may greatly reduce blood exposures in the labor and delivery environment through its unique design, demonstrated below: 
 

Cord Blood
For those physicians that draw cord blood samples with a needle and syringe the Joey Spray Guard may help prevent needle sticks.  After the cord is severed the product housing side of the device remains on the placenta side of the cord.  The housing acts as a handle for the physician to safely draw cord blood.

Ease of Use
The Joey Spray Guard was ergonomically designed to be operated with one hand providing maximum control and maneuverability during the procedure.

The Joey Spray Guard clamps and cuts in one simple motion not three separate steps.  The device clamps both the maternal and infant sides of the cord.

The Joey Spray Guard reduces the need for additional assistance.

 

Colors!
Color provides the caregiver the ability 
to identify the infants in multiple birth scenarios.  With the Joey Spray Guard 
in color it is easy to identify not only the infants but also their umbilical cords after cord severance.  This is important because when cord blood and cord gases are taken the caregiver has the ability to match the unique cord with the correct infant.

Multiple colors are generally used for multiple births and are available by special order in larger quantities.

 

Click here for more information.
ISIPS Articles

Managing Infection Control articles written by Ron Stoker

2009

December 2009- Advances in Insulin Syringes  - New Passive Insulin Syringe protects from Needlestick Injury

December 2009- Making a Difference in Sharps Safety - 2009 International Sharps Injury Prevention Awards

November 2009- Facing the Challenges of  CR-BSI's - Evaluate, Plan  an Implement Decisions to reduce the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections.

October 2009- Preventing Injuries from Glass Ampoule Shards-Advances in glass ampoule breakers

August 2009-What's New in Clinical Safety Education-New computer-based training can energize and captivate your staff

August 2009- Advances in Electrosurgery-Safety and economic benefits for patients, surgeons and hospitals

May 2009 - Advances in Needleless Connectors-Technologies assist in Prevention of Bloodstream Infections

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 - Accelerated Seldinger Technique - A faster, safer method for diagnostic and interventional procedures

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-  Advances in Blood Drawing Using Evacuated Tubes - Improving Patient and Clinician Safety

January 2009 - Sharps Safety Matters! - Where to find Safety Products Part I

2008

December 2008 - 2008 International Sharps Injury Prevention Awards

December 2008 - Zero Sharps Injuries - A Goal we can live with! Reducing Exposures in the Operating Room

November 2008 - Sharps Injuries - just part of the job, right?

October 2008 - Turning Point - New Safety Scalpel Handle System provides safety features and familiar feel

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

August, 2008 - New Technology Replaces Multiple Syringes-Prevent contamination of IV lines and associated infections.

June 2008 - One Less Problem - Safe Practices When Administering IV Therapy

May 2008 - Scalpel Safety - Protecting patients and clinicians

May 2008 - Innovation in Vascular Access - Accidental needlestick injuries decreased via the utilization of the VeinViewer

April 2008 - Working in Harms Way - Understanding Sharps Safety Compliance

April 2008 - PPE Practices - Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Satellite Locations

March 2008  - Sharps Safety Matters - Where to find safety products? Part 2 of our annual sharps safety product review.

March 2008 - Simply Safe- Providing safety for the needle that saves lives

February 2008 - Sharps Safety Matters - Where to find safety products? Part 1 of our annual sharps safety product review.

2007

December 2007 - Spreading the Word for Safer Sharps- 2007 International Sharps Injury Prevention Awards

November 2007 GET THE POINT? Laparoscopic surgery-protecting healthcare workers from sharps injuries due to trocars

November 2007 - A Fortune to Share -Changing attitudes toward sharps safety.

October 2007-New sheriff in town-common and costly doctors' office blood-borne pathogen standard violations.

September 2007 Advances in Safety in Cardiology
Reducing the potential of bloodborne pathogen exposure for healthcare workers.

September 2007 Safety Doesn’t Just Happen
Staff safety—is there a culture of safety at your facility?

August 2007 - Innovative Syringe Management System -For home users—and some healthcare workers— there’s an exciting development in sharps safety

June 2007 - OSHA’s Most Cited Hospital Violations - Strategies for Creating a Safe Workplace

June 2007 - Safety in the Hospital Pharmacy-Prevent Staff Injury and Exposure to Toxic Materials with Safety Devices

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

December 2006 - Cutting the Cord  -  cutting, clamping, and obtaining blood samples from the umbilical cord

November 2006  - Don’t You Have Enough to Worry About Already? Single-Use vs. Reusable Sharps Disposal Containers

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

January 2006 - How You Can Tell If Your OSHA Inspection Is Going Poorly? Preparing for an OSHA Inspection - Part I

January 2006 Sharps Injury Prevention Resource Guide 

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

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  
Future Healthcare, Summer 2006 p 121-3

Links
Compendium of Infection Control Technologies

Digital Edition

The Compendium of Infection Control Technologies - Digital Edition is now available.
The digital edition comes on a CD that is readable from any computer and contains a PDF version of the Compendium with over 200 devices highlighted with a Device Evaluation Form designed for each.

 It also includes:

  • Over 50 articles written on sharps safety products that have been published in Managing Infection Control magazine.

  • All significant OSHA Interpretation Letters since the passage of the revised OSHA

  • Bloodborne Pathogen Standard.

  • OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

  • Enforcement Procedures for the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

  • Most frequently asked questions about the Standard

  • NIOSH Needlestick Alert

  • CDC Workbook on Designing a Sharps Injury Prevention Program

  • Model Exposure Control Plan

  • Hepatitis Vaccination Declination Form

  • Most Comprehensive List of Safety Products

  • And More...

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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