One of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s recommendations for how to prevent blood-born pathogens from infecting health-care workers is to

Used needles can carry blood contaminated with pathogens, and accidental punctures can expose health-care workers to infection. OSHA recommends placing used needles promptly in appropriate sharps disposal containers; ventilators, masks, and goggles do not address this specific needle-stick hazard as directly.

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