Sharps Injury & Prevention
8 Acute Care Hospitals Study
8 Hospitals in Australia, New Zealand, and Scotland achieved an 86.6% reduction in container related sharps...
2 Years, 28 Hospital Before and After Study
28 hospital non-randomised intervention and cohort study examining the impact of conversion from disposable...
Reusable Sharps Containers Improve Staff and Environmental Safety
This paper analyses Methodist Medical Center's decision to use a reusable containment system for biomedical waste in 2005.
The Historical Trends and Improvements in SI
This article glances at the history behind sharps injuries and how it has been improved with industry standards and container manufacturing.
The Widespread Movement to Reusable Sharps Containers
This paper acknowledges the significant impact that reusable containers have had on healthcare facilities and discusses the growth of the market.
Safety and Cost Considerations for Medical Device Decisions
The article, ‘Litigation Exposure from a "Cost Over Safety" Attitude’ explored cases in which hospitals considered safety or cost in making medical device decisions.
Why You Should Report a Sharps Injury
Sharps injuries pose many dangers, not least of which is infection. Learn why it is crucial for healthcare workers to report these injuries.
What Happens to Sharps Waste?
What happens after sharps are disposed of in waste containers in Canada? Learn about the regulations surrounding disposing of sharps to ensure compliance.
So You’ve Just Been Stuck with A Sharp. Now What?
Healthcare workers work with a wide variety of sharps during the course of treating patients. This means that needlestick and […]
Does Your Sharps Container Pass the Candy Test?
To test your sharps container safety - see if it passes the candy test.
How Reusable Containers Can Reduce Infection Risks
Safety and infection control are a priority, and our containers can help reduce the risk of infection transmission as well as sharps injuries – a primary cause of healthcare-related bloodborne pathogen infections.
How to Eliminate Sharps Containers Overfilling
In busy healthcare settings across Canada, sharps containers continuously overfill. But there’s an easy solution to this problem that often wastes time and money.