Needlestick Injury Claims

Needlestick Injury

Needlestick injuries are piercing wounds caused by hypodermic needles, blades or other sharp medical instruments that puncture the skin and may result in exposure to blood or other body fluids. Such injuries are sometimes also called sharps injuries.

Health care workers are those most often affected by needlestick injury. Other occupations affected include laboratory personnel, refuse workers, cleaners and tattoo artists. When people use, disassemble or dispose of needles these injuries can occur. When they are not disposed of properly workers encounter them unexpectedly and therefore injure themselves.

Needlestick injuries can transmit a number of blood borne pathogens particularly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

Needlestick injuries can also cause psychological distress, as the injured person may have to cope with the fear that they have been infected.

If you have suffered a needlestick injury your first course of action should be to seek medical attention.

Your next steps would be to think about reaching out to a solicitor and seeking compensation for your injury and distress.

You can make a claim if your injury was the result of medical negligence, this could be a failure to provide personal protective equipment, the incorrect disposal of a needle or sharp instrument and a failure to maintain a safe working environment. Regardless of whether your injury occurred whilst at an NHS hospital, private hospital or other healthcare facility we can help.

We are an expert firm of solicitors experienced in Needlestick Injury claims. Contact us today, free of charge on 0800 028 2060 to speak to one of our Needlestick Injury compensation claim experts – with no obligation whatsoever – to see if you can make a no win no fee compensation claim or alternatively you could start a claim online.

How Do I Start a Needlestick Injury Claim?

It’s really simple. You can contact one of our highly trained solicitors absolutely free of charge, either by calling our freephone helpline on 0800 028 2060 or alternatively you can click here to provide us with your contact details, and one of our team will call you back at a time of your choice.

When making an enquiry about claiming, you should remember that in most cases strict time limits must be adhered to in order for the case to stand, so contact us today.

When you call us, or we call you back, you are not in any way obliged to continue with the enquiry any further than you wish to. We will not force you into anything; we aim only to guide you through the claims process as swiftly and easily as possible, and to make sure you get the compensation you deserve.