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Archive >  Surgical Supplies 2007

Safety Sharp Solutions

Here's how and why you need to convince your staff to make the switch.

Sharon Bowen

Have you incorporated the use of safety scalpels and blunt-tip suture needles? If you have, is it properly documented in your Exposure Control Plan? If you haven't, what's stopping you? Your staff's safety is on the line.

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