Most accidental sticks occur when used needles are recapped.

The possibility of contracting AIDS is one result of accidental sticks.

The Safeside Stickless Catheter, produced by Luther, protects workers against accidental sticks by employing a guard that automatically locks into place around the needle as it is withdrawn.

With 6 minutes 57 seconds left in regulation time, Minnesota's Mark Tinordi appeared to be hit with an accidental high stick by Pittsburgh's Troy Loney, resulting in a cut lip.

Government auditors surveyed hospitals in only one city for the prices they paid for two categories of products: pacemakers and hypodermic needles with safety features to prevent accidental sticks.

An accidental stick in the hands or feet may stop blood flow to these areas.

But Mr. Gorman neglects to mention that it is impossible to contract a universally fatal illness from an accidental stick of a needle used on a coronary or lung cancer patient.

The Great One emerged with a cut below his right eye from Bill Guerin's accidental high stick.

"It was an accidental high stick," Arbour said.

"My mother died two years earlier, meningitis- an accidental stick with a needle from an infected patient- so after his death, my aunt Margaret moved in to raise me."