Minimising needlestick injury

Minimise the risk of needlestick injury

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Causes of needlestick injury

The unavailability of sampling safety devices for operators or the lack of a dedicated procedure for operator safety can lead to needlestick injuries. [1-3]

Risks of needlestick injury 

Needlestick injury may lead to safety concerns or infection by blood-borne pathogens. [1]

Healthcare professionals are at risk of being exposed to blood-borne pathogens through coming into contact with blood. Such contact can be a result of inoculation of blood by a needle. [4]

Minimize needlestick injury with a needleshield device

A needleshield works in accordance with the EU directive 2010/32/EU for the prevention of sharp injuries within hospitals. [5]

Sharps need to be disposed safely and immediately into appropriate, puncture-proof bins to protect you from blood-borne pathogens.

To protect healthcare professionals from accidental needlestick injuries, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines recommends the use of engineered sharps injury protection. [6]

The safePICO arterial blood gas syringe with needleshield device

The safePICO syringe contains a needleshield device that is securely locked. After activating the needleshield, you dispose the needle securely and minimize the risk of needlestick injury.

References

 

1. Dulon M et al. Causes of Needlestick and Sharp Injries When Using Devices with and without Safety Features. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 24; 17(23)
2. Fukuda H, Yamanaka N. Reducing needlestick injuries through safety-engineered devices: results of a Japanese multi-center study. J Hosp Infec. 2016 Feb; 92(2); 147-153.
3.Tosini et al. Needlestick injury rates according to different types of safety-engineered devices: results of a French multicenter study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Apr; 31(4) 402-407.
4. European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Risk assessment and needlestick injuries. https://osha.europa.eu/en/tools-and-publications/publications/e-facts/efact40. Accessed October 2022. 
5. Official Journal of the European Union. Council Directive 2010/32/EU of 10 May 2010, Implementing the Framework Agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector concluded by HOSPEEM and EPSU. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32010L0032&from=EN Accessed October 2022.
6. CLSI. Procedures for the Collection of Arterial Blood Specimens; Approved Standard—Fourth Edition. CLSI document GP43-A4 [ISBN 1-56238-545-3). Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, 950 West Valley Road, Suite 2500, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 USA, 2004.

 

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