Brussels, 08/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Monday 8 March, the Employment and Social Affairs Council reached agreement on a directive to ensure maximum workplace safety for health sector workers, offering them protection against injury from needles and other sharp instruments. The new directive gives legal effect to a framework agreement concluded by employers and hospital and health sector trade unions (HOSPEEM and EPSU) on 17 July 2009 (see EUROPE 9945). Member states have three...