How Healthcare Workers Can Protect Patients
The guidelines for protecting patients against unsafe needle usage are simple:
- Use a new syringe from a sealed package.
- Use the needle only once.
- Safely dispose of the needle immediately after usage.
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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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