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TITLE: NEED FOR
NEEDLE SAFETY 8-00-25 (Three Part Version)
ANCHOR LEAD
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
ARE DEDICATED TO HELPING PEOPLE…BUT MILLIONS OF THEM PUT THEIR OWN HEALTH
AT RISK EVERYDAY. THE THREAT IS ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICKS WHICH CAN EXPOSE
THEM TO A VARIETY OF BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS-FROM HIV TO HEPATITIS B AND
C. SEVERAL STATES HAVE NOW PASSED LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE USE OF NEEDLESTICK
SAFETY DEVICES. BUT AS ______ REPORTS, U.S. HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN SLOW
TO MAKE THE SWITCH.
#1 Length:42
ACT :Ellen Dayton, Nurse with Hepatitis C and HIV Length :05
"You talk to any nurse or doctor, they've all had needle sticks."
WRAP ONE
Length :09
THAT'S NURSE ELLEN DAYTON. FOUR YEARS AGO SHE WAS STUCK WHILE REMOVING
A NEEDLE FROM A PATIENT. SHE EVENTUALLY FOUND OUT SHE CONTRACTED HEPATITIS
C AND HIV.
ACT :Ellen
Dayton, Nurse with Hepatitis C and HIV Length :06
"I just felt like I was kicked in the stomach…I think it was just total
shock."
NATS :Length
:03
"I'm going to be starting start an IV for you."
WRAP TWO
Length :18
AN ESTIMATED 600,000 NEEDLESTICK INJURIES OCCUR EACH YEAR IN U.S. HOSPITALS.
ONE-THIRD OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE RELATED TO DISPOSAL OF THE NEEDLES.
YET, TODAY ONLY ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF U.S. HOSPITAL USE SAFER MEDICAL
DEVICES. IN A MOMENT…THE REAL COST OF NEEDLESTICKS.
#2 Length
:42
WRAP THREE
Length: 14
DESPITE A DIRECTIVE FROM OSHA-THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION-MANY
HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO ADOPT SAFE NEEDLES. ONE REASON IS COST.
GINA PUGLIESE (pug-lee-see) CHAIRS THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SAFER NEEDLE
DEVICES.
ACT :Gina
Pugliese, RN, MS., Chairman, National Committee on Safer Needle Devices
Length :15
"One needle stick that causes HIV or AIDS…could cost a hospital in workers
compensation and treatment for the life of that healthcare worker a
million dollars."
WRAP FOUR
Length :05
TRAINING COSTS ARE ALSO A CONCERN, ACCORDING TO JACK LORD OF THE AMERICAN
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
ACT :Jack
Lord,American Hospital Association Length :08
"If we change to a new type of needle or a new type of device, everybody
who works in the hospital on all those shifts have to be trained."
WRAP FIVE
Length :
COMING UP…PROTECTING HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
#3 Length
:48
NATS :04
"Okay, I'm going to be giving you an injection."
WRAP SIX
Length :07
ALMOST HALF OF NEEDLESTICK VICTIMS ARE NURSES. GINA PUGLIESE OF THE
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SAFER NEEDLE DEVICES IS AN R.N. HERSELF.
ACT :Gina
Pugliese, RN, MS., Chairman, National Committee on Safer Needle Devices
Length :08
"You never know when a needle stick is going to happen... I think we
have a responsibility to protect our workers that are caring for us."
WRAP SEVEN
Length :18
THE C-D-C ESTIMATES THAT EACH YEAR, 800 HEALTH CARE WORKERS CONTRACT
HEPATITIS B AND 1,000 CONTRACT HEPATITIS C FROM ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICKS…NOT
TO MENTION EXPOSURE TO HIV. MANY PEOPLE-INCLUDING NEEDLESTICK VICTIM
ELLEN DAYTON-HOPE MORE HOSPITALS SWITCH TO SAFE NEEDLES.
ACT :Ellen
Dayton,Nurse with Hepatitis C and HIV Length :09
"It makes me so angry that it all comes down to money. You know, it's
not valuing human life but it comes down to money."
WRAP EIGHT Length
:
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LOCAL ANCHOR
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AS FOR THE COST
OF THE SAFER NEEDLES, MANUFACTURERS SAY PRICES MAY GO DOWN AS DEMAND
GOES UP. MANY STATES HAVE MADE SAFE NEEDLES MANDATORY…AND LEGISLATION
IS PENDING IN AT LEAST 16 STATES.
TITLE: NEED
FOR NEEDLE SAFETY 8-00-25A (Single Part Version)
ANCHOR LEAD
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
ARE DEDICATED TO HELPING PEOPLE…BUT MILLIONS OF THEM PUT THEIR OWN HEALTH
AT RISK EVERYDAY. THE THREAT IS ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICKS WHICH CAN EXPOSE
THEM TO A VARIETY OF BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS-FROM HIV TO HEPATITIS B AND
C. MANY STATES HAVE LAWS REQUIRING THE USE OF NEEDLESTICK SAFETY DEVICES.
BUT AS ______ REPORTS, U.S. HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO MAKE THE SWITCH.
NATS : Length
:04
"I'm going to be starting start an IV for you."
WRAP ONE Length
:18
AN ESTIMATED 600,000 NEEDLESTICK INJURIES OCCUR EACH YEAR IN U.S. HOSPITALS….A
THIRD RELATED TO NEEDLE DISPOSAL. HALF OF NEEDLESTICK VICTIMS ARE NURSES.
FOUR YEARS AGO, ELLEN DAYTON WAS STUCK WHILE REMOVING A NEEDLE FROM
A PATIENT. SHE ENDED UP WITH HEPATITIS C AND HIV.
ACT :Ellen
Dayton, Nurse with Hepatitis C and HIV Length :06
"I just felt like I was kicked in the stomach…I think it was just total
shock."
WRAP TWO
Length: 16
LAST YEAR, OSHA MANDATED THE USE OF SAFER MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. YET TODAY
ONLY ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF U.S. HOSPITAL USE THESE PRODUCTS. ONE REASON
IS COST. GINA PUGLIESE (pug-lee-see) CHAIRS THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON
SAFER NEEDLE DEVICES.
ACT :Gina
Pugliese, RN, MS., Chairman, National Committee on Safer Needle Devices
Length :15
"One needle stick that causes HIV or AIDS...could cost a hospital in
workers compensation and treatment for the life of that healthcare worker
a million dollars."
WRAP THREE
Length :07
TRAINING DEMANDS HAVE ALSO SLOWED THE SWITCH TO SAFE NEEDLES, ACCORDING
TO JACK LORD OF THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
ACT :Jack
Lord,American Hospital Association Length :08
"If we change to a new type of needle or a new type of device, everybody
who works in the hospital on all those shifts have to be trained."
WRAP FOUR
Length :18
THE C-D-C SAYS THAT EACH YEAR 800 HEALTH CARE WORKERS CONTRACT HEPATITIS
B AND 1,000 CONTRACT HEPATITIS C FROM ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICKS-NOT TO
MENTION HIV. PEOPLE LIKE NEEDLESTICK VICTIM ELLEN DAYTON THINK THE TIME
HAS COME FOR CHANGE.
ACT :Ellen
Dayton,Nurse with Hepatitis C and HIV Length :09
"It makes me so angry that it all comes down to money. You know, it's
not valuing human life but it comes down to money."
WRAP FIVE
Length :
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THE FIRST FIVE STATES
TO PASS BILLS REQUIRING THE USE OF NEEDLESTICK SAFETY DEVICES WERE CALIFORNIA,
TEXAS, TENNESSEE, MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY. AND LEGISLATION IS PENDING
IN AT LEAST 16 OTHER STATES.
Contacts:
Gina Pugliese
RN, MS
(773) 880-1354 ext. 22
Ms. Pugliese is
the Chairman of the National Committee on Safer Needle Devices. She
is also a hospital consultant on safety devices and is on the faculty
of Rush University of Nursing in Chicago.
Andrew Stern
International President of the SEIU
(202) 898-3329
Bill Borwegan, Public Affairs office (202) 898-3385
Dale Butler, Public Affairs office (415) 575-1740
Matt Witt, Contact for states considering legislation. (202) 898-3331
The contacts above
were not quoted in this report, but are available for background information.
They are Service Employees International Union experts on safety devices.
Jack Lord
Public Affairs Office
American Hospital Association
(202) 638-1100
Frank Kane
Public Affairs Office
OSHA.
(202) 693-1999
Localization Tips:
- See if a hospital
near you is converting to these safety devices
- See if there's
a medical equipment manufacturer near you who makes these safety devices
· Interview to you local SEIU Representative
- Interview local
nurses and doctors
- Perhaps there
is a healthcare worker in your area who was infected by a needle prick.
(Your local SEIU representative or the contact in Washington, D.C.
may be able to tell you of someone in your area)
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