Additional Resources
- CDC Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program: www
- CDC Exposure to Blood. What Healthcare Personnel Need to Know: pdf
- CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN): www
- General Office of Accountability (GAO) Report to Congress on Costs of Safer Needle Devices: pdf
- MMWR Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis: pdf
- MMWR Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis: pdf
- NIOSH Alert: Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Healthcare Settings: www
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Fact Sheet: pdf
- Sharps Injuries among Hospital Workers in Massachusetts, 2008: pdf
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Needlestick Statistics
- 1,300,000 deaths annually 2
- 23,000,000 hepatitis infections annually 2
- 260,000 HIV/AIDS infections annually 2
- According to the CDC, 80% of occupationally acquired diseases in the U.S. are transmitted through needlestick injuries.
- Every 24 seconds a person dies from having an injection from an unclean syringe
- 50% of injections given to children are unsafe 1
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