Safety First Aid Group Laminated Sharps Disposal and Needle Stick Injuries Poster

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When introducing retractable syringes keep in mind that they may not be suitable for some purposes, and therefore some non-safety devices may be required for specific purposes, for example: Each poster easily displays data from your facility relevant to sharps injuries. Displaying data from your facility provides staff members with meaningful information about their own behavior, as well as their risk of experiencing a sharps injury. Another template is provided for testimonial quotes from staff members who have experienced or been involved with a sharps injury. Elimination - find ways to eliminate or reduce needle use during procedures, medication delivery, and specimen collection. In addition, all workers at risk should be aware that there is a vaccine available for Hepatitis B. If the medication is not dose specific, healthcare workers should use a single-use safety-engineered needle/syringe.

If you injure yourself with a used needle at work, report the incident immediately to your supervisor or manager.If you are a healthcare employer you will also need to look at the Health Services Information Sheet produced to help you comply with the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013. Complete a risk assessment

Use medical devices that incorporate safety-engineered protection mechanisms that eliminate or reduce the risk of occupational exposure to the lowest feasible extent Sharps injuries are a well-known risk in the health and social care sector. Sharps contaminated with an infected patient's blood can transmit more than 20 diseases, including hepatitis B, C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Because of this transmission risk, sharps injuries can cause worry and stress to the many thousands who receive them. What you need to know What are sharps? Healthcare workers should cover open skin areas or lesions on hands and arms with a dry dressing at all times. Hand hygiene is still essential, so consultation is necessary if the dressing interferes with this procedure.Your healthcare professional may also arrange to test samples of the other person's blood if they give their consent. Will I need any treatment? Gershon RRM, Karkashian CD, Grosch JW, et al. Hospital safety climate and its relationship with safe work practices and workplace exposure incidents. Am J Infect Control 2000;28:211-21

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - PPE should be used as the last control approach, where appropriate. If there's a high risk of infection with HIV, your healthcare professional may consider treatment called post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Getting support Ideally sharps bins should be designed to prevent overfilling and accidental spillage of contents. They should be easy to close temporarily and permanently, All staff should report every incident in which they find needles or sharps left at the bedside or thrown into the regular garbage. Review the use of SEDs and work towards the target of SEDs being used in no less than 98% of all hollow-bore needle procedures.If the child does not fulfil any of the above criteria and has completed vaccinations against hepatitis B (≥3 previous doses recorded on AIR) then no HBIG or further hepatitis b vaccinations are required. what procedures to follow in the event of an emergency. For example, measures to be taken in the event of a sharps injury, how to report incidents and what response should be expected from the organisation? ease of use (taking into account the existing clinical practices commonly in use by the relevant health professionals – but not assuming custom and practice is safest): Seek urgent medical advice (for example from your occupational health service) as effective prophylaxis (medicines to help fight infection) are available The healthcare professional treating you will assess the risks to your health and ask about your injury – for example, how and when it happened, or who had used the needle.

The poster templates are embedded in a series of PowerPoint slides. A basic knowledge of Microsoft Office is needed to extract the files and print them. Posters can be printed using standard desktop printers. Modifying images, text, and data Your primary duty is to prevent exposure to the risk of a sharps injury. Controlling the risk of exposureThe Regulations only apply to employers, contractors and workers in the healthcare sector. NHS Trusts/Boards, independent healthcare businesses and other employers whose main activity is the management, organisation and provision of healthcare will be subject to the 'Sharps Regulations'. HSE has produced Health Services Information Sheet 7 - Health and Safety (Sharps Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013 to provide guidance on how to comply with the Regulations. Who completes your assessment, and who it applies to, will depend on the nature of the work and the complexity of the organisation. For example: In a small GP practice, generic assessments may be suitable for the small numbers of staff and activities undertaken.