Research

This paper acknowledges the significant impact that reusable containers have had on healthcare facilities and discusses the growth of the market.

This article glances at the history behind sharps injuries and how it has been improved with industry standards and container manufacturing.

This 6-year study examined the impact of converting from a small patient room sharps container to the Sharpsmart reusable sharps container.

This article explores the positive impacts that the Sharpsmart system had on a 400 bed small acute trust, including a reduction in sharps injuries, a reduction in their carbon footprint, and cost and time savings for staff.

This peer-reviewed study interviews clinicians to identify what measures are successful in reducing exposure to body fluid. Preventing the risk of BBP exposure.

A Before-After intervention study of 8 acute care hospitals ranging in size from 150 to 850 beds in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland converting to the Sharpsmart sharps containers

The article, ‘Litigation Exposure from a “Cost Over Safety” Attitude’ explored cases in which hospitals considered safety or cost in making medical device decisions.

This study carried out a survey of top ‘sharps safe’ occupational health professionals to ascertain BE incidence in their hospitals for the 2012 calendar year.