Safe in Common has released the “Top 10 Golden Rules of Safety” to reduce the risk of needlestick and sharps injuries in the healthcare setting. The 10 rules are intended to provide guidelines for ...

Sharps are those instruments when intact or broken have the ability to, cut, scratch or pierce the skin or breach mucus membranes. Used or infectious sharps are sharps that have been in contact with ...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a part of the CDC, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable poster which shows the proper and improper technique for passing and loading ...

Healthcare organizations are finding that increased patient volumes combined with employee exhaustion and supply chain disruptions can erode safety culture and contribute to issues with routine ...

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses offers an extensive sharps safety toolkit to help teach evidence-based practices and prevention techniques to decrease sharps injuries during surgery ...

When it comes to health care occupational risks, slips, trips, and falls are often the first to come to mind. Sharps also make the top of the list, but what is often overlooked is the cousin to sharps ...

A "culture of safety" is a central value in most healthcare institutions. One crucial piece is protecting employees from the risk of occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens. Indeed, ...

Employees, community members, and safety leaders gathered over Labor Day to honor St. Louis Cold Drawn’s commitment to prevention, innovation, and a culture of workplace safety. St. Louis Cold Drawn, ...