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Survey Says Sharps Safety Lagging
Jane Perry, MA

Jane Perry, MA What does your sharps-safety training program look like? Are safety sharps widely available to your staff? For many of you, the answers might not be what they ought to be. According to the results of a survey1, many healthcare facilities aren't doing a very good job of training workers on how to use safety sharps correctly and consistently, and many employees don't even have access to them.

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