Needle-stick injury warning for farmers - ABC Local
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:10:13 GMT+00:00
injury warning for farmers ABC Local Tasmanian farmers are being warned about the risks of needle-stick injuries while vaccinating livestock. The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association is ...

Sharps Safety Advice from the Marketplace - Infection Control Today
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:48:00 GMT+00:00
Infection Control Today Operators should be comfortable activating the safety mechanism inside the body of the patient to minimize the risk of infection from needlestick injuries ...

SafeShot Technologies Names Michael J. Madden as New Board Member - PR Web (press release)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:06 GMT+00:00
PR Web (press release) He brings a wealth of knowledge in Hospital administration and is an advocate for ending the global needlestick safety issue. According to the World Health ...

Aussie kid awaits tests after needle stick - UPI.com
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:58:10 GMT+00:00
UPI.com wollongong, Australia, July 23 (UPI) -- An Australian family says members have to wait six months to find out if their little girl contracted any diseases ... Hunt for playground syringe tosser Illawara Mercury Girl injured by needle at McDonald's playground ABC Online

FDA Clears Central Venous Catheter With Subcutaneous Anchoring System - Medscape
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:43:32 GMT+00:00
Medscape ... cleaning around the entry site and minimization of catheter motion; suture-related bacterial contamination and needlestick injuries are also avoided. ...

Vax nanopatch offers stick-on alternative to a needle - FierceVaccines
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:03:36 GMT+00:00
FierceVaccines "The World Health Organization estimates that 30 percent of vaccinations in Africa are unsafe due to cross-contamination caused by needle-stick injury," ...

Occupational hazard - Thought Leader
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:13:50 GMT+00:00
Thought Leader It was my third needlestick injury in 18 months. What's that you say? I should be more careful? Yeah, I really should. What was I thinking trying to put up ...

Beachgoer gets stuck with needle on LBI - Asbury Park Press
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:53:59 GMT+00:00
Asbury Park Press While scraping the sand with his foot, he incurred a needle stick . The Health Department was informed that the Long Beach Township Police were notified and ...

Antigenics reports positive top line results for herpes vaccine. Shares of ... - BioMedReports (subscription) (blog)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:32:04 GMT+00:00
BioMedReports (subscription) (blog) ... and manufactures safety needle devices to protect healthcare workers from accidental needlestick injuries, reports that Synergistic Medical Network, ...

HIV/AIDS in Zambia: A Three Decade Burden - Zambian Watchdog
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:20:56 GMT+00:00
Zambian Watchdog A Christian Missionary worker in Zimbabwe is documented to have contracted HIV through ' needle-stick ' injury. A blood screening test appeared on the scene ...

UQ researchers develop a dissolvable needle-free Nanopatch for vaccine delivery - UQ News
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:28:44 GMT+00:00
UQ News UQ research has found the Nanopatch a needle-free, pain-free method of vaccine delivery is now dissolvable, eliminating the possibility of needle-stick ...

Anarchy is a la mode. It's like 1977 again - Sydney Morning Herald
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:36:55 GMT+00:00
Sydney Morning Herald As was a needle-stick injury at a Wollongong McDonald's. But when it came, it came. Mark Riley, live from Brisbane, was still clearly shaken by climate ...

US Patent Allowed for Spring Action That Separates Protectus Innovative Safety ... - MarketWatch (press release)
Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:16:32 GMT+00:00
MarketWatch (press release) The innovative Protectus Safety Syringe is designed to significantly reduce accidental needlestick injuries that have plagued the healthcare workplace for ...

Your Surgeon is HIV Positive - Do You Want to Know? - About.com: Health
Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:14:50 GMT+00:00
About.com: Health It tells the story of a surgeon who got a needle stick a few months earlier while treating a boy who was HIV positive. Sure enough, her subsequent blood ...

The life of a cold-blooded killer - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:21:15 GMT+00:00
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin When working for Rockhampton City Council's Rocky Recycles in 2004 Turner received a needle stick injury. As a result he was infected with hepatitis C. He ...

Once the vuvuzelas are packed away, will there be any real change? - Thought Leader (blog)
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:57:02 GMT+00:00
Thought Leader (blog) The risk of a needle-stick injury is just that much higher. And the potential frustration also just that much more, as increased patients means increased ...

Protectus Medical Devices Issues Letter to Shareholders - PR-USA.net (press release)
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:49:13 GMT+00:00
PR-USA.net (press release) Because there are 6000 to 1 million injuries (grossly under-reported figures, we believe) related to accidental needle sticks in the United States alone, ...

Flow Band Screens displayed at Enviro 2010 - PACE Today
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:36:34 GMT+00:00
PACE Today A further benefit of the fine screening is prevention of needle stick injuries from sharp waste and an overall need for less hands-on maintenance, said ...

A water cooler for the public health crowd - ScienceBlogs (blog)
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:19:02 GMT+00:00
ScienceBlogs (blog) Thomas Shaw, an engineer by training, developed the first retractable syringe in the 1990s after learning of a doctor who contracted HIV from a needlestick ...

Tackling tour for a charity - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:03:32 GMT+00:00
Auckland stuff.co.nz ... HIV or AIDS in New Zealand have been infected through heterosexual contact, medical needle stick injuries, blood transfusions or perinatal infection. ...