UK employees call for ban on unsafe needles
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK public services union, Unison, is calling for "a ban on the use of "old-fashioned, unsafe needles" and the introduction nationwide of needlesafe technology. These calls follow its own national survey on the use of safe needles in the NHS, which revealed that "many trusts put short-term savings before the long-term protection of staff health".