Needle-Stick Law Ok'd

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Needle-Stick Law Ok'd

Lancaster Intelligencer Journal Online (10/21/99)
Delaney, Gil

In Pennsylvania, the state House has approved legislation that would require hospitals that are publicly owned and operated to use safer technology to protect workers from needle stick injuries. The law would require the use of retractable needles during the injection or retrieval of bodily fluids. Reducing the number of accidental needle sticks will save money and lives, as workers may become infected with HIV through needle injuries. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, some 600,000 needle stick accidents occur every year; however, safe needles could significantly reduce that number. The measure now goes to the state Senate for consideration.

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