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Are potential violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act high on your “worry list?” Here’s another high-risk area that you should add to your list: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) citations for violations of the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (BPS). This standard requires you to take steps to protect health care workers from needle stick injuries.

Are your ED staff at risk for needlestick injury?

Are potential violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act high on your worry list? Heres another high-risk area that you should add to your list: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) citations for violations of the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (BPS). This standard requires you to take steps to protect health care workers from needle stick injuries.