01/05/2019Scalpel blade removers are designed to protect the user and downstream staff from accidental injury when removing a scalpel blade…
15/02/2019Safety scalpels were first heavily promoted in response to a US legislation change in 2000 known as the Needlestick Safety…
29/11/2018There is always the risk that a sharps injury will lead to a blood-borne infection and other consequences. Because of…
18/06/2018It's concerning that even with all the medical breakthroughs and advances in surgical technology, the threat of getting a sharps…
11/01/2018The surgical scalpel is a tool that has seemingly transcended time-- from its beginnings in the Stone Age to the…
27/07/2017You are the scrub nurse in the operating room for an open cholecystecomy to remove the gallstones causing the patients…
