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Where to go for more info

Plenty of resources about bloodborne pathogens and needle safety are available for health care professionals:

Printed materials

• American Nursing Association’s bloodborne pathogen brochure (WP-2). To order, call (800) 274-4262.

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Safer Needle Devices: Protecting Health Care Workers (available on www.osha.gov or contact your state nurses association).

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Guidelines for Selecting, Evalu-ating, and Using Sharps Disposal Containers. Pub. #97-111, 1998. To order, call (800) 35NIOSH.

• American Hospital Association. Sharps Injury Prevention Program: A Step-By-Step Guide, by Pugliese G, Salahuddin M. Chicago: 1999.

Web sites

• American Nurses Association: www.needlestick.org.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov.

• Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation: www.frontlinefoundation.org.

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html.

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration: www.osha.gov.

• University of Virginia International Health Care Worker Safety Center: www.med.Virginia.edu/~epinet.

Source: American Nurses Association, Washington, DC.