ECRI steps into fray following "misrepresentation" of its findings on needlestick-prevention devices
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Upset over what it sees as the misrepresentation of its latest evaluation of needlestick-prevention devices (NPDs), ECRI, the US nonprofit health services research agency, has issued a statement emphasising that most of the Becton Dickinson safer needle products it has evaluated offer effective protection against needlestick injuries. There has been "widespread miscommunications and conflict involving manufacturers, labour unions and the media" concerning its report, the agency says.