{"id":841,"date":"2011-09-06T16:39:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/v2\/?page_id=841"},"modified":"2025-03-06T16:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:01:48","slug":"medical-devices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=841","title":{"rendered":"Medical Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"841\" class=\"elementor elementor-841\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"penci-section penci-disSticky penci-structure-10 elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-392cd6f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"392cd6f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"penci-ercol-100 penci-ercol-order-1 penci-sticky-ct  elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1630d805\" data-id=\"1630d805\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab8da1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ab8da1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is estimated that there are more than one million injuries to health care staff with used needles and other medical sharps each year. If suffering an injury from a contaminated \u2018sharp\u2019, the risk of transmission of infections is 1 in 3 workers for hepatitis B, 1 in 30 for hepatitis C and 1 in 300 for HIV 6. Next to the considerable physical and mental suffering, infections and injuries have an impact on the daily workforce planning and the working conditions of 6 million nurses in Europe.<\/p><h4>Medical Devices<\/h4><h6>Reuse of Medical Devices<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFN_Policy_Statement_Reuse_MedicalDevices_EN_finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EFN_Position_Statement_ReuseofMedicalDevices_EN_finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>Prevention of Sharps Injuries<\/h6><ul><li><a title=\"Sharps Injuries\" href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Policy-Statement-on-Sharps-injuries-EN-finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Policy Statement<\/a> &amp; <a title=\"Sharps Injuries\" href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN-Position-Statement-on-Sharps-injuries-EN-finalrev062007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN Position Statement<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>European Healthcare Workers at Risk<\/h6><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EU_Healthcare_Workers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View this document<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h6>\u201dSafe Needles Save Lives&#8221; Nurses Call for EU Action Aimed at Safer Needle Devices<\/h6><ul><li><a title=\"Sharps Injuries\" href=\"https:\/\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/EFN_ICN_Joint_Statement_Needles_01122004EP-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint statement EFN\/ICN<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is estimated that there are more than one million&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-841","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5824,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=5824","url_meta":{"origin":841,"position":0},"title":"EFN Report on Sharp Injuries","author":"efn efn","date":"June 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Techniques Hospitali\u00e8res: 'Pr\u00e9vention des blessures par objets tranchants' (November-December 2014 Edition) Gestions Hospitali\u00e8res: 'Gestion des risques - Pr\u00e9vention des blessures par objets tranchants' (August-September 2014 edition) Mescosan Magazine: Interview with EFN Secretary General (July 2014 edition) AES: '7000 Infirmiers \u00e0 la loupe' (May 2014) Infirmiers.com AES: 'Les Infirmiers toujours expos\u00e9s,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2258,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=2258","url_meta":{"origin":841,"position":1},"title":"Articles","author":"efn efn","date":"May 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here you can find several articles published by the EFN Office on different issues and subjects. 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