Use of Blunt-Tip Suture Needles to Decrease Percutaneous Injuries to Surgical Personnel

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Description:
  This Safety and Health Information Bulletin is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. The Bulletin is advisory in nature, informational in content, and is intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace. Pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, employers must comply with hazard-specific safety and health standards promulgated by OSHA or by a state with an OSHA-approved state plan. In addition, pursuant to Section 5(a)(1), the General Duty Clause of the Act, employers must provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm. Employers can be cited for violating the General Duty Clause if there is a recognized hazard and they do not take reasonable steps to prevent or abate the hazard. However, failure to implement any recommendations in this Safety and Health Information Bulletin is not, in itself, a violation of the General Duty Clause. Citations can only be based on standards, regulations, and the General Duty Clause. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Engineering Health Personnel Hematologic Diseases Needlestick Injuries Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens; Health-care-personnel; Physicians; Nurses; Surgeons; Injury-prevention; Accident-prevention; Needlestick-injuries; Engineering-controls; Control-technology; Surveillance-programs
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-101, 2007 Oct; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2008101
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handout/Flyer
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032923
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-105066
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5970/cdc_5970_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.92 MB ]