The CSPS endorses sharps safety measures to prevent injury during perioperative care. Sharps safety measures should include double-gloving, blunt suture needles for fascial closure, and the neutral zone when appropriate to avoid hand to hand passage of sharps. (Adopted 7.15.07, Modified 2.5.09)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program

• University of Virginia Health System: List of Safety-Engineered Sharp Devices

• Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC NIOSH): Preventing Needlesticks and Sharps Injuries

• CDC NIOSH: Use of Blunt-Tip Suture Needles to Decrease Percutaneous Injuries to Surgical Personnel

• AORN Recommended Practices of Sharps Safety Slideshow

• American College of Surgeons (ACS) Statement on Sharps Safety

• Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) Guideline Statement for the Implementation of the Neutral Zone in the Perioperative Environment

• AST: Recommended Standards of Practice for Gowning and Gloving

• University of Virginia Health System: Passing Sharps Safely

• International Safety Center Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet®) Injury and Exposure Data (https://link.zixcentral.com/u/184385b5/OC79QW2v6xGfI74Ih3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Finternationalsafetycenter.org%2Fexposure-reports%2F)

• International Safety Center. 2020 Consensus Statement and Call to Action Moving the Sharps Safety in Healthcare Agenda Forward in the United States. (https://link.zixcentral.com/u/f3ce7c3e/DHj9QW2v6xGj7r4Ih3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Finternationalsafetycenter.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F12%2FMoving_The_Sharps_Safety_In_Healthcare_Agenda_Forward_In_The_US.pdf)

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Needlesticks and other sharps injuries data and statistics. (https://link.zixcentral.com/u/2f2858c9/tOcDQm2v6xGSEL4Ih3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mass.gov%2Flists%2Fneedlesticks-and-other-sharps-injuries-data-and-statistics)

• NIOSH Bloodborne Infectious Diseases: https://link.zixcentral.com/u/26c3939a/MvT7QW2v6xGEW74Ih3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fniosh%2Ftopics%2Fbbp%2Fsharps.html

• NIOSH Stop Sticks Campaign (https://link.zixcentral.com/u/8c8ddc3b/XhP8QW2v6xGNyL4Ih3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fnora%2Fcouncils%2Fhcsa%2Fstopsticks%2Fdefault.html)

• NIOSH Selecting, Evaluating & Using Sharps Disposal Containers (https://link.zixcentral.com/u/8010bb98/2lD8QW2v6xGFf74Ih3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fniosh%2Fdocs%2F97-111%2Fdefault.html)