Needlestick Injuries Among Healthcare Workers Administering COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States

As mass COVID-19 vaccination programs roll out across the country, we are potentially faced with compromising workers’ health for sake of broader public health, as it relates to occupational exposure contaminated needles and syringes. We have opportunity provide recommendations that advance protection workers through industrial hygiene hierarchy controls, especially in light twentieth anniversary Needlestick Safety Prevention Act. Specifically, greater focus on institutional controls can dictate safety culture climate institutions programs, while maintaining careful preventing sharps injuries blood exposure. In addition, suggestions role engineering such devices injury prevention features play protecting from bloodborne pathogens, well importance ongoing incident surveillance.