Needle Safety Pen Needles Articles & Analysis
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When you're just starting out in the world of healthcare, whether as a nursing student, medical trainee, or phlebotomy learner, few things feel as nerve-racking as your first needle insertion. You've read the textbooks, watched the tutorials, and maybe even practiced on an orange or a banana, but when it comes to human skin, confidence often lags behind theory. This guide is for you - the ...
The Challenge Every 60 minutes, of every day, six people suffer a needlestick injury somewhere in the world. Every day, 3 people die as a result of those injuries[1]. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports in the World Health Report 2002, that of the 35 million health-care workers world wide, two million experience percutaneous exposure to infectious diseases each year[2]. WHO estimates ...