INVIRO MEDICAL

Inviro sponsors needle stick studies and promotes safety survey participation to keep awareness of incidents and emerging safety products at the forefront of the healthcare industry. The Safety Resource Center is your gateway for in-depth research, statistics, and information on needle stick studies and prevention of inject able medication errors, which highlight ever-present safety concerns in the healthcare environment.

http://www.inviromedical.com/tabid/
460/Default.aspx

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES

ICN Advancing Nursing and Health World Wide 1899 - 2009 - Nurses have the highest rate of needle stick injury among health care workers. A health worker's risk of infection from a needle stick injury depends on the pathogen involved, the immune status of the worker, and the severity of the needle stick.

http://www.icn.ch/matters_needles.htm

“Syringe Swaps” in OR Still Harming Patients

Medication Mishap Mitigation Drives 2008 APSF Workshop

http://www.apsf.org/resource_center/
newsletter/2009/winter/04_syringe.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/

2009-11/jhmi-msr112309.php

Needle-stick injuries are common but
unreported by surgeons in training

http://www.doctorslounge.com/surgery/
news/needle-stick_injuries_surgeons.shtml

http://www.wku.edu/chhs/cms/index.php

/centers_institutes/scahec/clinical-education/uofl/needle-stick-policy-2