Articles by: Tim Craft

Thank you to Professor Jerry Nolan for sending us this shot of an A22BL-Set in use.  Its a fantastic demonstration of how A-Sets keep the infusions completely separate until they…

This paper explores needlestick injuries in hospital workers in Singapore Seng, M., Sng, G.K., Zhao, X., Venkatachalam, I., Salmon, S. and Fisher, D. (2016) Needlestick injuries at a tertiary teaching hospital…

Yet more evidence that safety for healthcare workers is not being adopted as a priority http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(16)00060-2/abstract

With nurses suffering the most needle stick injuries, the Nursing Times has called for greater protection http://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/exclusive-nurses-should-insist-trusts-obey-sharps-safety-rules/7002598.article?blocktitle=Workforce-news&contentID=18995  

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland state that “Sites of intravenous infusions should be visible so they may be monitored for disconnection, leaks or infusions into subcutaneous tissues”.…

There is increasing scientific evidence that safe technologies such as SafeSets successfully prevent needle stick injury and are cost effective   Cullen BL, Genasi F, Symington I, Bagg J, McCreaddie…

A cross sectional study looking at needle stick injury has found that nurses are the staff group most at risk and that needles on the end of syringes are the…