The holidays are here and while most of us are enjoying time with our loved ones and kicking back, hospital staff are about to get busier. It has been well noted in research that the most wonderful time of the year can also be the most dangerous, with some alarming safety statistics worldwide. We’ve outlined …
Is Your Sharps Safety Program Effective?
There is always the risk that a sharps injury will lead to a blood-borne infection and other consequences. Because of this, workplaces which use sharps such as scalpels and needles (including hospitals, aged care facilities, aesthetician clinics) need to make sure that a sharps safety program is in place. To make sure that your sharps …
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Five Ways You Can Give Back To Your Nurses
Nurses are the backbone of the hospital setting; the cogs in the machine, and the soldiers on the frontline. While their role was originally to provide bedside comfort, today’s nurses have a much more complex job, functioning as caregivers, educators, advocates, leaders, managers, and researchers. Medical-surgical nursing is the largest speciality in the nursing profession. …