
Safety Engineered Devices : Use and Activation in Six Western US Hospitals
What is the article? This article asks, “Are we using Safety Engineered Devices (SEDs) frequently enough”, in addition to, “Are […]

Exposure Injury Reduction Strategies: Results that Protect Lives
What is the article? This peer reviewed study supports the 2011 EXPO-S.T.O.P (Exposure Survey of Trends in Occupational Practice) study […]

Sharpsmart: Impact on Life-Cycle Carbon Footprint
The article compares the global warming potential (GWP) of 40 acute NHS Trust hospitals converting from single-use plastic containers to reusable sharps containers.

Tonnes of Plastic Reduced with Reusable Sharps Containers
What is the study? This peer reviewed study examines the impact of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions on nation-wide transport distances, […]

C-Diff Transmission Potential with Sharps Containers
A microbiological study to investigate the carriage and transmission potential of Clostridium Difficile spores on single-use and reusable sharps containers.

Reusable Sharps Containers: Impact on Infection Risk
This study examined literature and guidelines to determine the microbiological risk of using reusable biomedical waste containers.

Sharpsmart: 86% Carbon Emissions Reduction
This before/after intervention studies UK hospitals to attain information on the differences in CO2 emissions from reusable and disposable sharps systems.

Sharpsmart: Size and Location Impact on Sharps Injuries
This 6-year study examined the impact of converting from a small patient room sharps container to the Daniels Sharpsmart reusable sharps container.

Sharps Injuries in USA Health Care Facilities
This study carried out a survey of top ‘sharps safe’ occupational health professionals to ascertain BE incidence in their hospitals for the 2012 calendar year.

Safety Engineered Devices: Use and Activation in USA
The study sampled sharps containers from 5 facilities to identify the proportion of hollow-bore SED among the sharps present, and the proportion of SED correctly activated.

Safety Engineered Devices: Use and Activation in Australia
The study took a sampling of sharps containers to identify the proportion of hollow-bore SED among the sharps present and the proportion of SED correctly activated.

Sharpsmart Sharps Containers: Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The 2 year study, ‘Impact on Carbon Footprint: An LCA of Disposable vs Reusable Sharps Containers in a large US Hospital’ was conducted in an 850 bed acute care facility to determine the reduction of GHG Emissions from the Sharpsmart container.