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In 2010, ANA commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act  (see Inside menu to the left) which improved protection against injuries that expose health care workers to potentially deadly blood borne pathogens. Unfortunately, injuries are still occurring too often. ANA is working to increase awareness and ensure health care employers comply with the law, but we need your help. Use these tools to become a champion for needlestick safety and prevention in your workplace.

 Safe Needles Nurse Toolkit  Safe Needles Employer Toolkit

Tools You Need

2011 Health and Safety Survey

A 2011 survey of more than 4,600 nurses shows improvements in the prevalence of patient lifting devices and safer needles in the workplace compared to 2001, but RNs still rank the effects of stress and overwork as their top health and safety concern.

A Letter from ANA President Karen Daley
ANA Backgrounder: Needlestick and Sharps Injuries
ANA Needlestick Prevention Guide

Every year, hundreds of thousands of health care workers are exposed to deadly diseases like HIV and hepatitis C through needlestick and sharps injuries. With today’s technology, nurses no longer need to face such high risks. ANA is dedicated to working with nurses across the country to significantly reduce needlestick and sharps injuries.

University of Virginia's International Healthcare Worker Safety CenterThis link opens up a new window.
University of Virginia’s International Healthcare Worker Safety Center: Sharps Safety ResourcesThis link opens up a new window.
CDC's Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient SettingsThis link opens up a new window.
2010 Safe Needles Save Lives Brochure
2010 Safe Needles Saves Lives Fact Sheet
2011 Hospital Employee Health Guest Op-ed, "Complacency Erodes Sharps Safety Gains"

The Guest Editorial, by ANA President Karen Daley was published in the August 2011 issue of Hospital Employee Health. Link directly from the Bookmarks column in the left margin of the pdf. (Published here with permission from AHC Media.)

CDC NIOSH’s "Stop Sticks" CampaignThis link opens up a new window.
Emergency Needlestick Information from the CDCThis link opens up a new window.
CDC’s Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program [pdf]This link opens up a new window.
Information on Bloodborne Infectious Diseases from NIOSHThis link opens up a new window.
FDA Safe Sharps Disposal Resources for Home-Based Settings

FDA recently launched a consumer update on the safe disposal of sharps outside of health care settings.

Take Action Now

UVa Healthcare Worker Safety Center & ANA Call to Action to Protect Healthcare Workers Exposure to Bloodborne Diseases (3/8/12)
Watch and Share the Safe Needles Save Lives Video
Watch the Sharps safety Webinar Take the Pledge for Safe Needle Practices Free Needlestick CE

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