Needlestick resources
· For more information on how to institute safer IV technology and protocols to prevent needlesticks, call Deborah Lage, director of occupational health risks for the National Hospice Organization Insurance Agency, at (888) 363-8225.
Lage has been in contact with several needle manufacturers, and has gathered the following company names, numbers and product information, not as endorsements, but as places to start researching the issues:
- Retractable Technologies, (888) 703-1010; Vanishpoint Syringe and Blood Collection Tube Holder. Web site: www.vanishpoint.com.
- Becton Dickinson, (800) 435-5623 or (201) 847-6800; Safety Lock with Precision Glide Needle.
· Contact the National Campaign for Healthcare Worker Safety at 3108 Jolly Road, Norristown, PA 19401; telephone: (610) 279-1632; fax: (610) 279-1304; Web site: www.healthcaresafety.com.
· The International Health Care Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville publishes a newsletter on occupational exposure prevention, a surveillance data table, and other resources. Contact the center at #407 Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908; telephone: (804) 982-3763; fax: (804) 982-0821. Web site: www.med.virginia.edu/~epinet. E-mail: [email protected].
· The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) has produced a number of publications related to needlestick prevention and other infection control issues. Contact ECRI at 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462; telephone: (610) 825-6000; fax: (610) 834-1275.
· American Health Consultants also publishes a variety of infection control resources, including the newsletters Hospital Infection Control and TB Monitor, and a number of sourcebooks. For information, call (800) 688-2421.
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