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NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,150 global healthcare leaders and personnel registered for Safe in Common's online conference, "The Unfinished Agenda: Addressing the Challenges," as an on-going indication of the healthcare industry demand for unification surrounding protection from needlestick and sharps injuries. As part of the non-profit organization's on-going series of events, Safe in Common convened a panel of experts on February 5(th) for an interactive...
Non-Profit Will Exhibit as Part of Campaign to Raise Awareness and Support for Needlestick Safety and Safer Engineering Controls for Healthcare Personnel SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Safe in Common (SIC), the non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates dedicated to eradicating needlestick injuries, announced today it is taking part in the largest gathering of emergency room nurses during the Emergency Nurses Association Annual Conference from...
NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common (SIC) today encouraged the United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to build on the lessons learned in the United States as it reviews the development of national laws designed to protect healthcare personnel from needlestick injuries. Safe in Common is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting 5.6 million U.S. healthcare workers at risk of needlestick injury. The Chairperson of Safe in Common, Dr. Mary Foley,...
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall and winter, approximately 150 million doses of flu vaccine will be administered across the U.S during the influenza season - which means one injection will be given to almost one in every two U.S. citizens. Safe in Common, a non-profit organization established to promote needlestick safety and build a community of healthcare safety advocates, today issued a reminder to healthcare facilities and other public sites that will administer...
ORLANDO, Fla., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common (SIC), a non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates, announced it will exhibit at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners' (AANP) 27th National Conference, which will be held in Orlando, Fla. from June 22 - 23. As part of its year-long Needlestick Safety Advocacy Tour, Safe in Common is taking an active role in attending and exhibiting at healthcare personnel conferences across the country to...
SAN ANTONIO, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common, a non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates, announced it will exhibit at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology's (APIC) 39th Annual Educational Conference & International Meeting, which will be held in San Antonio, Texas from June 4 through June 6. During its year-long Needlestick Safety Advocacy Tour, Safe in Common is engaging healthcare personnel at a series of U.S. conferences...
NEW YORK, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common (SIC) today welcomed the release of a joint recommendation by Federal government agencies for the increased use of needlestick prevention devices within the operating rooms of U.S healthcare facilities, but said it did not go far enough in delivering optimal protection to all healthcare personnel at risk of harm. On May 30, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
NEW YORK, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common, a non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates, today announced its support and endorsement of the Consensus Statement and Call to Action to reduce the risk of healthcare personnel exposure to bloodborne diseases via needlestick injuries and other potential transmission modes. Safe in Common joins the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia (UVa), the American Nursing Association...
PITTSBURGH, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common, a non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates, today announced its support for the National Student Nurses' Association's annual convention as part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about needlestick safety among healthcare personnel. Dr. Mary Foley, MS, RN, chairperson of Safe In Common and Director at the Center for Nursing Research and Innovation at the University Of California San Francisco...
NEW ORLEANS, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe in Common, a non-profit organization of healthcare safety advocates, today announced it will take part in the 59th Annual Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Congress as part of the organization's nationwide campaign to raise awareness of needlestick safety among healthcare personnel and encourage them to take a needlestick safety pledge at www.safeincommon.org/pledge. As part of the Needlestick Safety Advocacy...
