Resources
The European Biosafety Network is the home for information and resources to support the rapid implementation of the European Commission Directive on the prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector.
The Directive
- The proposal for a Council Directive implementing the Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector concluded by HOSPEEM and EPSU »
- The Directive as published in the Official Journal of the European Union 1st June 2010 »
To view the Directive in other languages please use the links below:
- Bulgarian
- Spanish
- Czech
- Danish
- German
- Estonian
- Greek
- French
- Italian
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Hungarian
- Maltese
- Dutch
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Finnish
- Swedish
European Biosafety Network practical toolkit for implementation
To download the European Biosafety Network tool kit for implementation of the Directive, please choose your language below:
Implementation Guidance
To download the European Biosafety Network guidance for implementation of the Directive, please choose your language below:
- Click here to download the draft Biosafety Implementation Guidebook »
- Summary of the EU Directive and Implementation Guidance »
- EBN – Achieving rapid and comprehensive implementation »
To download the European Biosafety Network 'Call for Action', please choose your language below:
Implementation Updates
Presentations from the 2nd European Biosafety Summit
- Download the summit programme here »
- Dr Blanaid Hayes, Beaumont Hospital »
- Janet Davies, RCN »
- Gail Adams, UNISON »
- Mathias Maucher, EPSU »
- Godfrey Perera, HOSPEEM »
- Milka Vasileva, Bulgarian Association »
- Ecaterina Guile, Romanian Nurses Association »
- Paul Grime, Safer Needles Network »
- Zinta Podniece, European Agency for Safety & Health »
- Paul de Raeve, European Federation of Nurses »
- Annette Kennedy, INMO »
- Prof Maximo Gonzalez PhD, Spanish General Council of Nursing »
- Richard Arthur, Thompsons Solicitors »
Presentations from the 1st European Biosafety Summit
- Download the Summit Programme here »
- Dr Jesús Álvarez Hidalgo, Principal Administrator. European Commission, "Health, Safety and Hygiene at Work" Unit - DG EMPL.F.4 »
- Ms Grete Christensen, President of the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) »
- Mr Rudolph Cini, Vice-President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) »
- Dr Gabriella de Carli, Departament of Epidemiology. National Institute for Infectious Diseases. Italy »
- Mr Herbert Beck, University Hospital of Heidelberg and member of the German Trade Union Verdi. Germany »
- Prof Dr Máximo A. González Jurado, Co-Chair of the European Biosafety Summit and President of the CGE »
- Mr David Benton, Executive Director of the International Council of Nurses »
- Dr Andreas Wittmann, Department of Safety Engineering. University of Wuppertal, Germany »
- Dr Janine Jagger, Professor of Internal Medicine. University of Virginia. USA »