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NIOSH “STOP STICKS” Awareness Campaign Encourages Safety to Prevent Healthcare Workers from Getting Injured by Hypodermic Needles and Other Sharp Instruments

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) STOP STICKS campaign is intended to increase healthcare organizations’ safety culture and to motivate healthcare workers to practice safety when using hypodermic needles and other sharp instruments, all known as “sharps.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “a sharps injury is a penetrating stab
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NJ Turnpike Construction Accident Claims Life of Worker

Construction has been taking place on the New Jersey Turnpike as its widening project is underway. Road construction projects pose many dangers to both motorists and pedestrians. However, according to The Star-Ledger, on the morning of July 11, 2011, it was a construction worker who was crushed and killed when a concrete barrier fell onto him
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Fire and Burn Hazard Prompts CPSC Recall of 300,000 Hamilton Beach Toasters

The voluntary recall of approximately 300,000 Hamilton Beach classic chrome two-slice toasters has been announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) due to a fire and/or burn hazard. According to the recall notice, there have been 15 reports of toaster malfunctions where the pop-up mechanism did not work, subjecting the toaster contents to
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FDA Implements New Regulation to Improve Safety Reporting in Clinical Drug Trials

According to The New England Journal of Medicine, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently initiated new regulations concerning drug safety reporting. The regulations establish a new safety reporting paradigm for new drugs under investigational applications (INDs). These new regulations are expected to help protect human subjects as well as improve conduct during clinical
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