Numedico updates

Numedico Technologies is this week in attendance at the 2017 Florida lnternational Medical Expo in Orlando, Florida, USA.

An important platform for cutting edge medical devices and technologies for the Asia-Pacific region, this conference brings together leading laboratory experts, scientists, researchers and clinicians to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of laboratory medicine and clinical research.

A recent article by the ABC cited that two new Hepatitis C medications, which were approved and listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in March 2016, cost the Australian taxpayer close to $943 million in four months and provided just 43,943 prescriptions.

Health care workers make up approximately 12-15% of the global workforce. However, the workers that provide this service have a high risk of workplace injuries and more mental health problems than most other occupational groups. On average more healthcare professionals than other professionals feel fatigued, stressed, in pain, or are at risk of illness or injury.

A recent article in The Herald Dispatch detailed that the Huntington City Council in West Virginia, USA has made the decision to outfit every fire-fighter in their service with needle-resistant gloves in a pro-active move to protect them from needlestick related injury[1].

Needlestick injury has hit the headlines again this week in Adelaide, with the story of a little girl pricked by a used needle protruding from a sharps container in a service station toilet. Every parent’s nightmare.

Millions of people across the globe use sharps outside of health care facilities as a part of their daily routine. Many of these people require the use of sharps for ongoing medical conditions and others use them for recreational purposes.

Recently the issue of needlestick injury (NSI) hit the headlines in Adelaide, South Australia, when a girl of eight years was stuck by a used needle protruding from a sharps container in a service station toilet.

Recently the issue of needlestick injury (NSI) hit the headlines in Adelaide, South Australia, when a girl of eight years was stuck by a used needle protruding from a sharps container in a service station toilet.

Two 8 year-old boys have each received a needlestick injury from a traditional syringe thrown carelessly away after use in a purpose built children’s playground in the Western Australian rural town of Esperance and now face months of testing including screening for HIV.