Preventing Needlestick Injuries

Needlestick injuries are among the most frequent and serious occupational hazards faced by healthcare workers — and the consequences can be life-altering. A single accidental puncture from a contaminated needle can expose a worker to more than 20 types of infectious bloodborne pathogens, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV. Despite being largely preventable, needlestick injuries continue to occur at alarming rates in hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare settings where sharps are routinely used during patient care. This course is designed to equip healthcare workers with the knowledge and practical strategies needed to minimize their risk of needlestick injury and respond appropriately when an exposure incident occurs.
 
 Learners will identify the risky devices and unsafe work practices most commonly associated with needlestick injuries, and explore the employer strategies and regulatory requirements in place to prevent them. The course covers safer work practices for handling, using, and disposing of sharps during patient care, as well as the safer needle devices and engineering controls available to reduce exposure risk. Risk recognition, injury reporting procedures, and post-exposure protocols are also addressed, ensuring employees understand their rights and responsibilities following an incident.
 
 Upon completion, healthcare workers will have the tools and awareness needed to protect themselves from one of the most preventable occupational hazards in the clinical environment.

Our Story: From Service Members to Service Providers

Evolve eLearning Solutions started in 2003 with a simple observation: compliance training didn’t have to be painful. Founded by veterans of the United States Marine Corps and Navy, we brought a service-first mentality to an industry that often felt like an afterthought.

In the military, training isn’t optional—it’s how you stay mission-ready. We saw organizations struggling with the same challenge: keeping teams trained, compliant, and confident without derailing daily operations. The solutions available were either overpriced, overcomplicated, or both.

So, we built something different. Training that respects people’s time. Support that actually solves problems. Pricing that makes sense for real budgets. No enterprise sales pitches, no feature bloat—just effective compliance training delivered by people who understand what it means to serve.

Two decades later, that approach hasn’t changed. We’ve grown from a handful of courses to a comprehensive library covering OSHA, HIPAA, HR/EEO, and more. But we’re still the same team that picks up the phone, remembers your name, and treats your compliance challenges like they matter—because they do.