background: sharps injuries (sis) are one of the most serious occupational accidents among nurses due to the possible severe consequences, such as the transmission of infectious diseases and inducing of mental impairment. objective: to discover the prevalence of sis among nurses in a regional hospital in thailand and to identify factors associated with sis. methods: a cross-sectional study was ...

AIMS To compare blood transmission through nitrile, single and double layer latex glove materials in simulated needlestick injuries. METHODS Experiments involved nitrile, single and double layer latex gloves. A cutting suture needle was dipped into a specimen of blood and then immediately jabbed through the glove material into a cell containing saline. This process was repeated using the same...

There are currently no specific, published data quantifying the need for safe injection equipment or the amount of infectious sharps waste produced by testing and treatment programs for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. With growing funding in these areas there is an increased need to ensure all programs are integrating safe injection approaches and equipment in order t...

lieve, on the basis of our studies and those of others, that self-disinfecting surfaces such as copper are an important additional tool and a significant step forward in helping to reduce the potentially infection-causing microbial bioloads that exist on clinical surfaces. Indeed, we should ask the question, why select a nonantimicrobial surface when we now know that naturally occurring metals ...

Evidence shows that commercially available catheter securement devices both reduce accidental needlesticks to healthcare workers and prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections by limiting catheter movement.