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FDA Approves First OSHA-Compliant, All-In-One Delivery System.(Brief Article)
2001 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Safety Tip-Lok(TM): prefilled Tip-Lok(R) syringes packaged with BD SafetyGlide(TM) Needles for pediatric doses of Havrix(R) (Hepatitis A Vaccine, Inactivated) and Engerix-B(R) [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant)]. Havrix and Engerix-B are the first and only pediatric vaccines available with safety Tip-Lok and the only vaccines to be available with an all-in-one delivery system, which meets the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) newly revised bloodborne pathogens standard. The OSHA standard, designed to help protect health care workers from needlestick injuries, went into effect April 18, 2001.
Getting stuck with a contaminated needle is a major concern for many health care workers, with up to 800,000 needlestick injuries and potential exposures to bloodborne pathogens occurring each ...
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...hold a hearing on the prevention of needlestick injuries among U. S. health care providers...workers suffer more than 800,000 needlestick injuries every year. As a result of these...the syringe, thereby preventing needlestick injuries or any possible reuse of the needle...
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Source: HighBeam Research, FDA Approves First OSHA-Compliant, All-In-One Delivery System.(Brief...