Sharps Injury & Prevention

This peer-reviewed study interviews clinicians to identify what measures are successful in reducing exposure to body fluid. Preventing the risk of BBP exposure.

The study sampled sharps containers from 5 facilities to identify the proportion of hollow-bore SED among the sharps present, and the proportion of SED correctly activated.

The study took a sampling of sharps containers to identify the proportion of hollow-bore SED among the sharps present and the proportion of SED correctly activated.

A 12 month study determining the effect of the Sharpsmart on greenhouse gas emissions and sharps injuries at the 500 bed Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust Hospital.

A 2 year, 28 hospital before-and-after study comparing sharps injuries in hospitals that converted to Sharpsmart's reusable sharps container system to those who did not.

This paper analyses Methodist Medical Centre's decision to use a reusable containment system for clinical waste in 2005.

Discover how Whiston Hospital reduced NSIs by over 85% after switching to reusable sharps containers.

A Before-After intervention study of 8 acute care hospitals ranging in size from 150 to 850 beds in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland converting to the Sharpsmart sharps containers

The article, ‘Litigation Exposure from a "Cost Over Safety" Attitude’ explored cases in which hospitals considered safety or cost in making medical device decisions.

This paper acknowledges the significant impact that reusable containers have had on healthcare facilities and discusses the growth of the market.

This article glances at the history behind sharps injuries and how it has been improved with industry standards and container manufacturing.

This study carried out a survey of top ‘sharps safe’ occupational health professionals to ascertain BE incidence in their hospitals for the 2012 calendar year.