Protecting healthcare
workers from needlestick injuries
The Safer Needles Network is aimed at those concerned with reducing needlestick injuries and bloodborne exposures.
Needlestick accidents occur when healthcare workers jab themselves or a colleague with a needle, or other sharp medical device, which is contaminated with potentially infected blood.
Second only to back-injuries as a cause of occupational injury amongst NHS workers, an ongoing RCN surveillance project suggests that as many as 100,000 needlestick accidents occur in the UK every year.
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Welcome to the new Safer Needles Network website. We hope that you find it interesting, informative and easy to use. We welcome your views. Please contact us at saferneedles@saferneedles.org.uk
Feature Articles
Articles relating to research and issues surrounding needlestick injuries.
Current News
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Needlestick proceedure legality 'needs clarity'
7 SEP 2010
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HPA Pointers Conference 2-3 December 2010 - London
18 AUG 2010
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Recycling worker injured by needle
9 AUG 2010
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Directive published in Official Journal of the European Union
7 JUN 2010
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Council of the European Union adopts rules on sharps
11 MAY 2010
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Seminar on UK implementation of EU Sharps Directive Announced
23 MAR 2010
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Nursing Times: 'Myths' could leave nurses in danger
16 MAR 2010
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EU Sharps Directive adopted by the Council of Ministers
8 MAR 2010
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'NHS staff at risk from deadly viruses' - The Daily Mirror
30 JAN 2009
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The critical role of safety-engineered devices
30 JAN 2009