GFM Environmental Services and Healthcare Worker Safety
An accidental needlestick or other puncture injury can expose healthcare workers to disease causing pathogens such as Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and HIV. The effects can be serious and devastating. Simple and easy steps can be taken to mitigate the risk of needlestick injuries.
GFM Environmental Services is committed to helping healthcare professionals engineer solutions and programs which will make their office, clinic or large institutional setting as safe as possible. GFM Environmental Services offers Regulatory Compliance Training, Consulting and Programs to ensure your office, clinic or other healthcare setting is safe and fully compliant with existing laws and regulations. The links below provide valuable information and resources.
GFM Environmental Services is committed to helping healthcare professionals engineer solutions and programs which will make their office, clinic or large institutional setting as safe as possible. GFM Environmental Services offers Regulatory Compliance Training, Consulting and Programs to ensure your office, clinic or other healthcare setting is safe and fully compliant with existing laws and regulations. The links below provide valuable information and resources.
Preventing Needlestick Injuries in Healthcare Settings - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention - US Dept of Labour
Needlestick Injuries - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Hepatitis B - Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health
Waste from Health-Care Facilities - Fact sheet N°253
November 2011
"WHO estimates that, in 2000, injections with contaminated syringes caused 21 million hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, two million hepatitis C virus infections and 260 000 HIV infections worldwide. Many of these infections were avoidable if the syringes had been disposed of safely..." Read More...
November 2011
"WHO estimates that, in 2000, injections with contaminated syringes caused 21 million hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, two million hepatitis C virus infections and 260 000 HIV infections worldwide. Many of these infections were avoidable if the syringes had been disposed of safely..." Read More...
