The cause of the accident is not necessarily negligent behavior or lack of care, but ever increasing stress and consequent lack of concentration ....  There are enough opportunities to insure adequate protection in such situations.
- Dr. Martin Theives Darmstadt
Greiner Bio-One Safety Brochure

In addition to their physical and emotional consequences, accidental needlestick injuries pack an enormous economic punch...a single case of infection leads to more than $1 million from testing, follow-up, lost time, and disability payments.
- Phyllis Shelton, RN,BSN, CCRN
Kelli Rosenthal, RN,BC,ANP,APRN,BC,CRNI

Most people don't have a clue of the complexities involved for the person drawing blood. Safety needles, when used properly ... in conjunction with safe behaviors ... needlesticks [can] be reduced to their lowest possible level.
- Dennis Ernst, CEO, Executive Director, Center for Phlebotomy Education, Co-founder of Coalition for Phlebotomy Personnel Standards

A stick has always been viewed as a rite of passage, a battle scar, a point of pride -- as in. I've been stuck six times and never been infected.
- Patricia Wetzel, Texas doctor contracted the AIDS virus from a needle stick

Had AIDS not happened onto the scene, little or nothing would have been made of the ... ongoing risks ... to the health care workers.
- Dr. Edward Duffie, Testimony in a needlestick lawsuit against Becton Dickinson - Medical Director at Becton Dickinson

Here [San Francisco General] was the premier AIDS center in the world, and there was such resistance -- they just kept downplaying the risk to health care workers [to draw blood without needles fit with safety functionality. ]
- John Mehring, Health and Safety Officer, Service Employee International Union

Explain the procedure to patients to gain their cooperation and avoid potential movement during the procedure
- Premier Inc.'s Needlestick Safety Prevention brochure

Passive protection can eliminate exposure risk throughout the continuum of use -- before, during, and after use of a sharp.
- Amber Hogan Mitchell, MPH

This landmark legislation without a doubt will save many lives and improve the quality of health care. It also sets a world standard and challenges other countries to provide an equal level of protection to their health care workers. It is the hightest form of recognition of our responsibility to care for those who care for us.
- Janine Jagger, Director of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center, Nov. 6, 2000 on the passage of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act

Technological movement [of a passive safety device] will involve the simple engineering of a smart device that activates itself during the course of normal clinical use and provides protection, ensuring worker and patient safety throughout.
- Amber Hogan Mitchell, MPH

OSHA recommends that safety devices should be easy-to-use, practical [vein entry indication], work effectively without adversely affecting patient care [passive safety], and feature a safety aspect that is an integral part of the device which cannot be deactivated and remains protective through disposal [after-the-draw safety mechanism].
- Infection Control Today