Special Report: Where to go for more info on bloodborne pathogens and needle safety
Special Report
Where to go for more info
Plenty of resources about bloodborne pathogens and needle safety are available for health care professionals:
Printed materials
• American Nursing Association’s bloodborne pathogen brochure (WP-2). To order, call (800) 274-4262.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Safer Needle Devices: Protecting Health Care Workers (available on www.osha.gov or contact your state nurses association).
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Guidelines for Selecting, Evalu-ating, and Using Sharps Disposal Containers. Pub. #97-111, 1998. To order, call (800) 35NIOSH.
• American Hospital Association. Sharps Injury Prevention Program: A Step-By-Step Guide, by Pugliese G, Salahuddin M. Chicago: 1999.
Web sites
• American Nurses Association: www.needlestick.org.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov.
• Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation: www.frontlinefoundation.org.
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration: www.osha.gov.
• University of Virginia International Health Care Worker Safety Center: www.med.Virginia.edu/~epinet.
Source: American Nurses Association, Washington, DC.
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