British Columbia Nurses' Union - "Needless Injury" video

Needless Injury video webcast

BC healthcare workers urge WCB:
"Save lives and money with safety needles"

Webcast of November 9, 2005 BC Nurses Union press conference to urge the Workers' Compensation Board to mandate use of safety needles and to release Needless Injury video on needlestick injuries in health care.

09 NOVEMBER, 2005 VANCOUVER:
A coalition of BC unions says the Workers’ Compensation Board can protect workers from deadly injuries and save the health-care system millions by requiring the use of safety needles and other sharps.

“Each year 6,800 nurses and other health care workers are injured by needles and other sharps in BC acute care facilities,” say BC Nurses’ Union President Debra McPherson. “Those needless injuries cost our cashstrapped health-care system $13.6 million for testing and preventative treatment. But this isn’t just a question of statistics.

“There are real people getting injured and sometimes infected by blood-borne diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C.”

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Introduction: Debra McPherson, British Columbia Nurses' Union 14 pixel transparent spacer gif

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Julie Savard, BCNU, contracted Hep C from needlestick injury 14 pixel transparent spacer gif

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Julia Aquilar, BCNU, poked by needle from HIV + patient 14 pixel transparent spacer gif

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Elton Nordmarken, HEU, 13 needlestick injuries 14 pixel transparent spacer gif

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Mike McDonald, SEIU 14 pixel transparent spacer gif

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Media Questions 14 pixel transparent spacer gif

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British Columbia Nurses' Union Health and Safety video
"Needless Injury"

Webcast of "Needless Injury", a British Columbia Nurses Union video to support its campaign against needlestick or sharps injuries in health care.

Needless Injury 14 pixel transparent gif

RT: 13:03

Retractable needle or safety sharp after injection

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Needless Injury video webcast

BC healthcare workers urge WCB: "Save lives and money with safety needles"

Webcast of November 9, 2005 BC Nurses Union press conference to urge the Workers' Compensation Board to mandate use of safety needles and to release Needless Injury video on needlestick injuries in health care.

Click on the links below for webcasts. Please be patient. Some files require time to download.

British Columbia Nurses' Union Health and Safety video "Needless Injury"

Webcast of "Needless Injury", a British Columbia Nurses Union video to support its campaign against needlestick or sharps injuries in health care.

BC healthcare workers urge WCB:
"Save lives and money with safety needles"

Click on the links below for webcasts.
Please be patient. Some files require time to download.

British Columbia Nurses' Union Health and Safety video
"Needless Injury"