For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a statistically significant association between the use of single-use sharps containers and lower Clostridium difficile infection rates in hospitals.

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 ...

The rates of C. difficile or C. diff. infections were 15 percent higher in hospitals that use reusable sharps containers than in hospitals that use single-use disposable containers, according to a new ...

The public health forces behind an effort to provide safe disposal locations for sharps in rural Southern Berkshire County ...

Sharps are objects that can penetrate a worker’s skin, such as needles, scalpels, broken glass, capillary tubes and the exposed ends of dental wires. If blood or other potentially infectious materials ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Government has shared tips on how to safely dispose of medical sharps, such as needles, syringes and lancets. “The safest way to dispose of sharps (needles, ...

Rehrig Healthcare announced its SharpsTank® Reusable Sharps Container Model TS received Food and Drug Administration approval to market the device as an FDA 510(k) cleared Class II medical device. The ...

We have expired EpiPens in our house. What is the correct way to dispose of them? They are still in the auto injector and the needle has not been used. A: Used or unused, EpiPens should be managed in ...

PLYMOUTH – When it comes to disposing of used hypodermic needles, sometimes you have to think inside the box. That was the case for Jerry Levine and Barry Potvin of the town’s Board of Health. They ...