Clinical Education

Regionally-based sales consultants have access to materials to help educate your staff about the use and benefits of BD technologies and regulated medical waste segregation.

• Healthcare Purchasing News July cover story: "Injecting Safety into Sharps Practices"

• What are your state environmental agencies and their regulations?
  
  
• Find out which facilities have received US EPA violation or citations in your area.
  (Filter by choosing "Hazardous Waste" first, then input a zipcode or city/state.)
  
  
• Reducing HealthCare Worker Risk of Sharp Object Injury Through Safer Sharps Disposal White Paper
  
• Medical Waste Management - Out of the Water, Out of Harms Way
  
• Proper Waste Stream Segregation
  
• OSHA Healthcare Advisor - Location, location, location: The keys for sharps disposal containers safety
  
  
• Dumping drugs puts traces of meds in taps - Article provided by HCPro’s Hospital Safety Center
  
  
• For Old Drugs, New Tricks. Advice Veers Away From Flushing Unused Pills? The Washington Post.
  
  
• Infection Control Today - Sharps Safety Enhanced by Education, Culture Change
  
  
• Managing Pharmaceutical Waste "A 10-Step Blueprint for Healthcare Facilities In the United States"
  document created by www.practicegreenhealth.org
  posted with permission by www.hercenter.org
  
  

Safety and Sharps injury prevention are important to BD. We support OHSA and CDC/NIOSH recommendations.

• CDC Workbook for Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program.