Hypodermic needle

Needle-stick injury (NSIs) is one of the main professional health and safety objects that are common among occupational health care globally. Accidental exposure to blood usually caused by needle injuries or sharps injuries. Such incidents carry great risk of transmission of fatal like hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The main alarming is when exposure to blood or other body fluids of another person who may have any infectious disease. Therefore health…

Isabelle Leonaitis November 11, 2014 Write a paper describing the legal and ethical challenges that face someone who has recently tested positive for HIV. For instance – what are his/her disability rights? When is he/she legally obligated to disclose his/her status? HIV affects nearly 35 million people globally. As the virus spread, infected people began experiencing the negative social impacts associated with contracting the virus. No illness has been treated with the same hysteria as HIV…

North Shore Community College celebrated “Law Day” this year by having noted criminal defense attorney J.W. Carney as a guest speaker. He began his speech by addressing how his own Paralegal makes his job easier by keeping him organized, and having him stay on track by telling him what needs to be done. He gave the advice of “follow your dreams” to anyone starting out in the legal profession. Attorney Carney stated the reason he became a lawyer was inspiration from watching the show “The…

as extensively approved by the masses as the mass media professionals of the time expected. In the meanwhile, behavioral connoisseurs started their investigation and research on the media’s impact diligently. The “Magic Bullet” theory or the “Hypodermic Needle Model” was one of the primary theory results from these early researches. However, the theory depended on the classical preliminary interpretation with surveillance to back it up, rather than the modern deductive interpretation supported…

Employees should also be aware of how to safely use and dispose of needles. Used needles should be immediately disposed of in an OSHA certified sharps container. The container should be closable, puncture-resistant, and leak-proof on the sides and bottom. It should also be accessible, maintained upright, and not allowed to overfill. Another method to control exposure to bloodborne pathogens would be to eliminate or reduce unnecessary needle use. An example of this would be transferring blood…

Introduction A hospital is a place where healthcare and special treatments are provided to patients with the help of trained staffs, advanced equipment and also special facilities. There are certain rules and regulation that not only we, the public, must follow, but also everyone else in the hospital. Failure to abide these rules and regulations can pose harmful threats and sometimes even results in death. It is important to educate and remind the users and staffs about the sources of threats…

Botulinum can be transmitted by ingestion of contaminated food, from improperly preserved home processed foods such as, corn, beets and green beans, along with tomatoes and cucumbers. Clostridium Botulinum can also be transmitted via sharing hypodermic needles from elicit drug use,…

as no alcohol was added. Beer could even be sold if most of the alcohol if most of the alcohol content was first removed. This beer was called ‘near beer.’ Near beer wasn’t very well-liked so people sprayed it with alcohol from a hypodermic needle. This was called ‘needle beer’ and it was more popular than near beer. Fruit Industries Inc. produced Vine-Glo, which was a product that was used to make grape juice, “The literature that came with the Vine-Glo instructed buyers what not to do. If…

Homelessness in Portland: a Growing Pandemic Portland is having a crisis. With an estimated 1,900 people sleeping outside every night, sleeping bags and worn out tents litter the sidewalk. Portland mayor, Charlie Hales, has taken action by trying to manage camping throughout the city. With his new “Safe Sleep Policy” homeless people will be able to sleep overnight on sidewalks in a sleeping bag but only from 9PM to 7AM. Hales has also created over 400 shelters for men, women, and families…

would be exposed to horrible conditions. Often in those situations, people have a weaker immune system due to starvation and uncleanliness creating an environment prone for the spread of disease. HIV infiltrated these camps by the use of unsterile needles against treatable diseases to keep the laborers alive so that they were able to continue working. As well it would be transmitted from the healthier people by sexual interaction. Though this theory stands true with a legitimate explanation, it…