Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program

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Appendix G - Other websites

The following are websites that may provide additional guidance for a sharps injury prevention program. This is not an exhaustive list and new sites will be added as they become known.

Government websites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://cdc.gov/sharpssafety

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/bbp/

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/bbp/safer/

http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/infection_control/forms.htm

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Food and Drug Administration

http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/devadvice/index.html.

GAO report on costs of safer needle devices

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0160r.pdf.

Other

Premier Safety Institute

http://www.premierinc.com/quality-safety/tools-services/safety/topics/needlestick

International Healthcare Worker Safety Center

http://www.med.virginia.edu/medcntr/centers/epinet/

Training for the Development of Innovative Control Technologies

http://www.tdict.org/

International Sharps Injury Prevention Society

http://www.isips.org/

National Alliance for the Primary Prevention of Sharps Injuries

http://www.nappsi.org/safety.shtml

American Nurses Association

http://www.needlestick.org/

Service Employees International Union

www.seiu.org

ECRI

http://www.ecri.org/

California list of safer devices

http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/SHARPS/disclaim.htm.

Root Cause Analysis

http://www.va.gov/ncps/tools.html

http://www.rootcauseanalyst.com/

http://www.sentinel-event.com/

Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

http://www.va.gov/ncps/HFMEA.html

Creating a Culture of Safety

http://www.va.gov/ncps/vision.html