Downloads
Sharps toolkit - OSHA bloodborne pathogen program
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Program Assessment Tool
- One-page Evaluation
Form for Phlebotomy Safety Devices (Updated August 2011)
Sample evaluation tool to assist facilities doing product evaluations. - One-page Evaluation
Form for Safety Needle/Syringe Devices (Updated August 2011)
Sample evaluation tool to assist facilities doing product evaluations. - Exposure Control Plan Update Checklist
- Sharps Safety Device Evaluation & Selection Checklist
- Sample Occupational Sharps Injury Log Addendum
- Safer Work Practices to Prevent Sharps Injury
- Checklist for Exposure Prevention
- Needlestick and Sharp Object Injury Report - EPINET
- Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Incident Recording Form - Massachusettes Department of Public Health
- Zip archive of all documents
Other downloads
- Proceedings of the National Sharps Safety Meeting
- Blunt suture needles: CDC-NIOSH-SHIB bulletin
- Occupational exposures HIV - 2005
- Occupational exposures HBV, HCV - 2001
- Success noted in adoption of sharps injury prevention devices; but gaps remain, from December 2005 Safety Share.
- How to Make an Inventory List of Sharps Devices for Your Facility:
Why you need one and what it might look like - How (and Why) to Make a Display Board of Sharps Devices
- Premier Sharps Injury Prevention Devices, effective September 2011
- FDA Guidance - medical devices with sharps injury features
- Premier Safety Institute's sharps safety device field evaluations summary
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ): The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and sharps safety, 2007
- OSHA Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens (CPL 2-2 69)
- Status of State Legislation on Needlestick Prevention
- Needlestick Safety Prevention Act H.R.5178 (Law 106 430 Nov.6,2000)
- OSHA's Key Implementation Dates & Requirements
- Press Release: Premier Contracts with Safety Needle Suppliers
- Press Release: Premier Encourages Members to Evaluate Safety Phlebotomy Devices
- Press Release: Premier Revises Needleless IV Portfolio
- Occupational Exposure to ... Needlesticks & Other Sharps Injuries; Final Rule (29 CFR Part 1910)
- GAO Report: Cost & Benefit of Needlestick Prevention Devices
- Complying with OSHA - Frequently Asked Questions