The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking steps to improve health and safety in the use of needles and other sharps, by launching a new web page explaining safe disposal of the medical devices, but doesn't plan formal regulatory action, an agency official says. The move buttresses a longstanding effort by OSHA to prevent bloodborne pathogen hazards in the health care sector, though a union advocate for health workers criticized FDA for not taking a regulatory approach. The new web page will help people understand the public health risks created by improperly disposing of used sharps and
