Sharps are objects that can penetrate a worker’s skin, such as needles, scalpels, broken glass, capillary tubes and the exposed ends of dental wires. If blood or other potentially infectious materials ...

No health care worker is immune from the dangers of handling sharps. Physicians hold a rate just under that of nurses, mostly related to use of scalpels, but are less likely to report these injuries.

December is International Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month. This month serves as a reminder to health care workers, waste management workers, laboratory staff, and others to practice sharp ...

Overfilled containers, CDC says, increase the risk of a needlestick injury and bloodborne pathogen exposure. “Health care facilities and COVID-19 vaccination sites must use sharps disposal containers ...