AORN Endorses Call to Action on Sharps Safety - RSS Feedhttp://www.aorn.org/default.aspxContent Block Control60AORN Endorses Call to Action on Sharps Safetyhttp://www.aorn.org/News.aspx?id=22538<p>AORN has endorsed a <a title="Consensus Statement and Call to Action" href="http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/WorkplaceSafety/SafeNeedles/SharpsSafety/ConsensusStatement-SharpsSafety.pdf" target="_blank">Consensus Statement and Call to Action</a> issued by the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia and the American Nurses Association. The statement recognizes that while substantial progress has been made in reducing needlesticks and blood exposures among healthcare workers, preventable sharps injuries and blood exposures continue to happen in U.S. healthcare settings.</p> <p> </p>Mon, 06 May 2013 02:57:19 GMT