Prevent Needlestick Injuries
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This document discusses needlestick injuries and prevention strategies. It defines needlestick injuries as accidental skin punctures from medical sharps. Needlesticks can expose healthcare workers to bloodborne pathogens like HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. The document provides epidemiological data on needlestick injuries, discusses who is at risk, outlines steps to take if injured, and recommends multiple prevention strategies like safety devices, sharps disposal procedures, training, and vaccination.
Prevent Needlestick Injuries
- 1. PREVENT NEEDLESTICK INJURIES By Dr Anjum Hashmi MBBS,CCS(USA),MPH Infection Control Director MCH Najran
- 2. WHAT IS A NEEDLESTICK? • Needlestick and Sharp Injuries (NSIs) are accidental skin penetrating wounds caused by sharp instruments in a medical setting. • A break of skin can be from a needle or other "sharp" such as a scalpel / glass.
- 3. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NSI • Infections are caused by needlestick injuries • An injury from a contaminated needle exposes workers to bloodborne pathogens that can cause serious or fatal infections. • The most serious infections are: • HIV • Hepatitis B • Hepatitis C • HCW must ensure that he/she should receive proper follow-up medical care after NSI.
- 4. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NSI • EPInet report of 1999 estimates that about 0.8 million NSIs occur per years in America alone. • Another report mentioned that on global level NSI affects about 3.5 million individuals per year. • More than half of these injuries are never reported. • One should always report injuries to employer immediately. • EPInet report of 1999 also mentions that on an average about 30 NSIs occur, per 100 beds per year. • A current survey showed despite all prevention efforts, incidence of NSI still remained at 27 NSIs occur, per 100 beds per year.
- 5. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NSI Where do these injuries occur? • These injuries have been reported from all healthcare settings, including: • Ambulatory settings. • Physician offices. • Nursing homes. • Skilled nursing facilities. • Home health care. • Hospitals.
- 6. WHO IS AT RISK? • All HCWs are at risk of injury or infection as they handle sharps, such as, hypodermic needles, IV catheters, phlebotomy devices, suture needles, scalpels, or lancets which includes: • Nurses. • Phlebotomists. • Physicians. • Technicians. • Hospital Cleaners. • Laundry workers. • Medical waste collectors.
- 7. NEEDLESTICKS CAN BE VERY UPSETTING AND STRESSFUL AFTER THE NSI, DO FOLLOWING SERIES OF ACTIONS • Seek immediate medical help to assess the risk of developing an infection. • Determine if the patient on whom the needle was used has HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. • Wait for the results of your own blood tests and information on the patient. • Determine with a medical specialist whether you will need medication to prevent an infection. • Exposure follow-up may include drugs with significant side effects. • Blood tests and further evaluation may be needed for six months to a year following the injury.
- 8. HOW TO PROTECT FROM NSI • Needlestick injuries can occur at any time during the use or disposal of a device. For example: • 40 percent of injuries occur during use. • Another 40 percent occur after use and before disposal, and • 15 percent are disposal-related. • Recapping needles, a practice that is prohibited, still accounts for nearly 5 percent of needlestick injuries.
- 9. HOW TO PROTECT FROM NSI • BE AWARE • Other factors also contribute to NSI are: • Lack of safety devices. • Inconveniently placed or overfilled sharps disposal containers. • Busy, congested environments with heavy work pressure & rushing. • Frequent and distracting interruptions.
- 10. NEEDLESTICK SAFETY • OSHA's Bloodborne • Provide personal protective Pathogens Standard, equipment for example, effective in 1991 and gloves and face shields. revised in 2000, requires • Use engineering controls for employers to protect example, safety devices. healthcare workers from: • Implement work practice • Exposure to HIV and controls e.g., no needle hepatitis B and C virus. recapping, disposing of • Employers must: sharps immediately after • Develop a written exposure use. control plan. • Provide hepatitis B • Implement universal vaccination at no cost. (standard) precautions. • Provide evaluation and follow-up care if an injury occurs.
- 11. SHARPS DISPOSAL • Proper disposal of needles and other sharp devices is an important part of needlestick prevention. • Nearly 15 percent of needlestick injuries occur during or after disposal.
- 12. IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFE SHARPS DISPOSAL INCLUDE: • Conveniently place sharps disposal containers where sharps are used. • Be sure containers are at a height that allows users to see the top of the container. • Use lockable containers for locations where security is an issue (for example, where there are children, in prisons or psychiatric areas). • Select containers that are closable, puncture-resistant and leak proof. • Ensure that the containers are clearly and correctly labeled - that is, red/yellow in color or biohazard symbol. • Replace sharps disposal containers promptly when full to avoid overfilling.
- 13. PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS BY ADOPTING THESE PREVENTION STRATEGIES • BE PREPARED • DISPOSE WITH CARE • Remind your employer to evaluate and purchase safety • Never recap needles! devices • Dispose of used needles in • Be sure you receive training on sharps disposal containers any new safety devices • Always use safety devices • Avoid overfilling sharps • Place a sharps disposal container disposal containers close to the procedure area. • CARE FOR YOURSELF • Limit interruptions during procedures • Get a hepatitis B vaccination; • Explain the procedure to patients this should be provided at no to gain their cooperation and cost by your employer avoid potential movement during the procedure • Report all needlestick and • Ask for assistance with patients other injuries that might be uncooperative, such as children
- 14. WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE INJURED
- 15. PREVENTING NEEDLESTICK INJURIES IS THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF • If you sustain a needlestick injury: • Immediately report your injury to your supervisor; do not wait until the end of your shift or the end of the procedure • Do not apply pressure to the wound; allow it to bleed freely • Wash the wound with soap and water. • Identify the patient involved so that they can be evaluated for an infection. • Get a medical assessment. • Follow the directions for any necessary blood tests, vaccinations, or medications to prevent infection. • Document the incident in the forms provided by hospital
- 16. SAFETY DEVICES • Most needlestick injuries can be prevented with the use of safety devices, which, in conjunction with worker education and training and work practice controls, can reduce injuries by over 90 percent. • There are different types of safety devices and technologies that are available to prevent needlestick and sharps injuries.
- 17. EVALUATION OF SAFETY DEVICES • Look for features that will add to your safety. Some of the desirable characteristics of safety devices include: • Permit the practitioner's hands to remain behind the needle at all times • Integrate the safety feature into the device so the features are not just an accessory. • Are simple and easy to use. • Can be used effectively by both left and right handed employees. • Determine easily whether the safety feature has been activated. • Cannot be defeated once permanently engaged. • Are safe and effective in patient care.
- 18. FEW SAFETY DEVICES 1.HYPODERMIC SYRINGES AND NEEDLES Syringe with sliding sleeve Syringe with retractable needle Syringe with hinged cap
- 19. 2.Blood collection devices Phlebotomy device with Phlebotomy needle w/hinged cap retractable needle Winged (butterfly) needle with Winged (butterfly) needle retracts sliding sleeve after use
- 20. 3.SCALPELS 4.LANCETS Lancets with tips that extend and retract when activated Scalpel with retractable blade Scalpel with shield covering the Lancets with retractable tip blade after use 5.BLUNT TIP SUTURE NEEDLES Suture needles with blunt tip for suturing fascia
- 22. REFERENCES • Hashmi A, Al Reesh SA, Indah L (2012) Prevalence of Needle- stick and Sharps Injuries among Healthcare Workers, Najran, Saudi Arabia. Epidemiol 2:117. • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Navigate to "Safety and Health Topics," and choose "Bloodborne Pathogens." www.osha.gov. • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Navigate to the "A-Z" index and choose "sharps safety" or "needlesticks“ www.cdc.gov. • Safety Institute, Premier, Inc.www. premierinc.com/needlestick. • American Nurses Association | www.needlestick.org. • APIC (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and
- 23. REFERENCES • ECRI Institute | www.ecri.org. • EPINet (The International Health Care Worker Safety Center's Exposure Prevention Information Network) | www.med.virginia.edu/epinet. • International Sharps Injury Prevention Society | www.isips.org. • Service Employees International Union | www.seiu.org. • Training for the Development of Innovative Control Technologies www.tdict.org. • California Department of Health Services Sharps Injury Control Program www.sharpslist.org. • Massachusetts Sharps Injury Surveillance System, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health www.mass.gov/dph/ohsp.
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