{"id":2415,"date":"2013-04-11T14:26:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T14:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2013-04-11T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T14:26:47","slug":"eu-issues-new-health-directive-0257","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/eu-issues-new-health-directive-0257\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Issues New Health Directive-0257"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After campaigning hard for a long time, health unions have managed to secure a change in European law.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time there is now a new directive along with regulations to ensure patients are not harmed by\u00a0needle sticks\u00a0and other sharps implements. This will of course apply to dentists as well as medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>Although the EU issued the directive in 2010 it only comes into force next month on the 11<sup>th<\/sup> May, presumably to allow dentists and others to get ready for the change.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Health &amp; Safety Executive (HSE) has previously said that there was sufficient legislation in place to protect patients. However the EU Directive beefs this up, and improves the management of risk control.<\/p>\n<p>Although both the medical and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/cosmetic-dentistry\/index.htm\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"19\" title=\"dental\">dental<\/a> professions use syringes as part of their treatment, the implements used are apparently different. Those used by dentists are re-usable which, if blunt can cause a problem for the patient.<\/p>\n<p>Other dental implements while similar to those used by medics may also pose a risk to patients unless extra care is taken.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the HSE told reporters: \u201cIf a risk assessment reveals a risk of injury, the worker\u2019s exposure must be eliminated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With claims against dentists on the increase, this new Directive will also help protect potentially vulnerable professionals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After campaigning hard for a long time, health unions have managed to secure a change in European law. For the first time there is now a new directive along with regulations to ensure patients are not harmed by\u00a0needle sticks\u00a0and other sharps implements. This will of course apply to dentists as well as medical staff. Although [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[1672,1669,1670,1671],"class_list":["post-2415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","tag-blunt-needles","tag-eu-health-law-change","tag-hse","tag-patient-protection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888008809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}