Safe needles Ontario
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Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada
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To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Whereas sharp medical devices such as syringes, IV catheters, blood collection needles, suture needles, lancets and scalpels, put not only health care workers but also the general public at risk of injury and/or infection;
And whereas an estimated 33, 000 needle-stick injuries occur in the health care sector alone in Ontario every year;
And whereas the annual cost of testing and treating needlestick injuries in Ontario, in health care alone, is $66-million;
And whereas, since the cost of using safety needles in all workplaces is relatively minimal, we can save $8 million dollars every year in Ontario by eliminating unsafe medical sharps;
And whereas safety needles protect health care workers AND the general public; eliminating about 90 per cent of sharps injuries where they are mandated by law;
We the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly as follows:
That the legislature pass a law requiring the mandatory use of safety-engineered medical sharps in all workplaces where workers are exposed to blood-borne pathogens.
Whereas sharp medical devices such as syringes, IV catheters, blood collection needles, suture needles, lancets and scalpels, put not only health care workers but also the general public at risk of injury and/or infection;
And whereas an estimated 33, 000 needle-stick injuries occur in the health care sector alone in Ontario every year;
And whereas the annual cost of testing and treating needlestick injuries in Ontario, in health care alone, is $66-million;
And whereas, since the cost of using safety needles in all workplaces is relatively minimal, we can save $8 million dollars every year in Ontario by eliminating unsafe medical sharps;
And whereas safety needles protect health care workers AND the general public; eliminating about 90 per cent of sharps injuries where they are mandated by law;
We the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly as follows:
That the legislature pass a law requiring the mandatory use of safety-engineered medical sharps in all workplaces where workers are exposed to blood-borne pathogens.
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Carl Mavromichalis
- City or Town
- Toronto
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David Cox
- City or Town
- Toronto
- Comments
- Safer needles now: make it the law!
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Randy Robinson
- City or Town
- Toronto
- Comments
- Ontario
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Joan Lentz
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Jacqueline Evans
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Catherine Bowman
- City or Town
- Toronto
- Comments
- Protect our health care workers.
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Adrienne Pires
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Tim Little
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Barbara Linds
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Megan Park
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Denis Boyer
- City or Town
- Sudbury
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Joanne Guzda
- City or Town
- Welland
- Comments
- Please!
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Virgery Vanier
- City or Town
- Thorold, Ontario
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Chris Luscombe-Mills
- City or Town
- Perth
- Comments
- This issue is vital for the health of healthcare workers
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Val Walter
- City or Town
- Windsor
- Comments
- This should be a given
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marisa forsyth
- City or Town
- amherstburg
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Barbara Barry
- City or Town
- Utterson Ontario
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Lesley Pindred
- City or Town
- Oshawa
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Robert Martin
- City or Town
- st.thomas ontario
- Comments
- Safety is everyones concern. I am ashamed that our healthcare workers must endure something so life altering that could be replaced for pennies.
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Maureen Barry
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Debbie MacDonald
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Shelly Smith-MacDonald
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Patricia Collyer
- City or Town
- Toronto
- Comments
- В
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Jacqueline Gibbons
- City or Town
- Innisfil
- Comments
- To Health care workers this is a vital issue, make it law!
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V. Bryan Mitchell
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Liese Walchuk
- City or Town
- Barrie
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Lisa McCaskell
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Lois Boggs
- City or Town
- Hamilton
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Moya Beall
- City or Town
- Toronto
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David Rapaport
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Diane Dumais
- City or Town
- toronto
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Sue Doran
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Mary Catterall
- City or Town
- London Ont
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Kay Osmond
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rachel ohayon
- City or Town
- Toronto
- Comments
- I beg you do not remove our safety needles we are at risk of so many diseases HELP the nurses to stay healthy.
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ANNETTE HARENDARZ
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A Williams
- City or Town
- West Hill
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Connie Huziak
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Seamus O'Connor
- City or Town
- Milton
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Sherry Clement
- City or Town
- Mississauga
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Jane Fulton
- City or Town
- toronto
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SJoseph
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Sabine Bartels
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KELLY DOLSON
- City or Town
- TORONTO
- Comments
- SAFETY FIRST....... FOR ALL
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Mechiela Vincent
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Phen
- City or Town
- Toronto
- Comments
- Safe Work Environment is a must for everyone
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Maricel
- City or Town
- Toronto
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Jill Barden
- City or Town
- LaSalle
- Comments
- This should be a no brainer.
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Abida Dhukai
- City or Town
- Toronto
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susan bartlik
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