As an infection preventionist in healthcare today, one of our biggest challenges is appropriately managing Clostridium Difficile – a colitis-causing bacteria that affects almost a half-million people ...

Researchers sampled 197 reusable sharps containers for C. diff at processing facilities. The containers had high C. diff densities to allow researchers to investigate the efficacy of automated ...

Here are three frequently asked questions about OSHA’s rules concerning sharps containers and the federal agency’s responses to those questions. OSHA: Each sharps container must either be labeled with ...

/PRNewswire/ - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego today announced that they have implemented an ...

The "Sharps Containers – Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The publisher brings years of research experience to the 6th edition of this ...

Jul. 8—Area residents now have a new way to dispose of used or unneeded needles and other sharps intended for medical use. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma installed a red sharps disposal box at its ...

A local hospital is offering a safe way to throw out your medical sharps. Kalkaska Memorial Hospital is collecting medical sharps this Wednesday. If you have lancets, syringes or needles, you can ...

This story was updated on March 30. Scroll down for the update. In the wake of an incident last month, in which a library custodian was pricked with a hypodermic needle at the Ballard library, the ...

EXETER – Exeter Hospital is hosting a Community Sharps Collection on Saturday, May 9, from 8 a.m. to noon in the Perry Building Lobby. Local residents may drop off personal sharps (i.e., syringes) in ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) -Grand Forks Public Health has established a new location for community medical sharps disposal. An outdoor container is now located outside the Grand Forks ...