OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard Evidence

Kelly M. Pyrek. Infection Control Today. June 1, 2003. 

“Study Shows Needlestick Injuries…On the Gradual Decline" features a long with interview of Jane Perry, communications director for the IHWSC, on the improvements in the needlestick numbers following OSHA’s regulatory efforts. The rate has dropped from 19.5 needlestick injuries per occupied bed (in 1993 before the updating of the standard) to 9.6 needlestick injuries per occupied bed in 2001.