Sharps are those instruments when intact or broken have the ability to, cut, scratch or pierce the skin or breach mucus membranes. Used or infectious sharps are sharps that have been in contact with ...

To promote safe work practices, healthcare personnel need to have an awareness of the risk of injury throughout the time a sharp is exposed and use a combination of strategies to protect themselves ...

Here are three frequently asked questions about OSHA’s rules concerning sharps containers and the federal agency’s responses to those questions. OSHA: Each sharps container must either be labeled with ...