Sharps injury reduction using Sharpsmart™—a reusable sharps management system

Sharps injury reduction: a six-year, three-phase study comparing use of a small patient-room sharps disposal container with a larger engineered container

“…Confirmation of 'remote SC' risk in this study hopefully may serve as evidence-to-change in hospitals and countries where this practice exists (Yoshikawa et al, 2007). Although the SC the Device replaced in the med room was also large (22.7L), the reduction in CASI with the use of the Device in med rooms (Ph2) may be due to its larger size (32L) and because it replaced all small SC, but previous studies confirm the Device's increased safety over a range of SC designs and sizes (Grimmond et al, 2003(Grimmond et al, , 2010. The high incidence of recapping SI observed in Ph1 was significantly lower with Device use (Ph2 and Ph3) and it is postulated that, despite a non-recapping policy at SAH, staff may have perceived a 'self-safety' need to recap (Jagger et al, 1988) when using small SC but not when using a safer SC system (Gershon et al, 1999).…”

“…In a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) survey (2005) of 19 trusts, 11.5% of total SI were CASI, which translates to 6,000-12,000 UK healthcare workers sustaining CASI annually. This may indicate that safer SC and SC protocols are needed as previous studies indicate CASI incidence can be significantly reduced with the use of safety-engineered SC (Grimmond et al, 2003(Grimmond et al, , 2010.Australian federal regulations do not cover the siting of sharps containers, which is regulated by state guidelines that commonly require containers to be sited "as close as practical to the point of use of sharp devices" (NSW Health, 2007) and most Australian hospitals place containers on the wall in the patient's room (or occasionally on a cart brought to the bedside). In the UK, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations require that containers "be provided for the disposal of contaminated waste" (COSHH, 2002) and the more recent Sharps Regulations require containers to be, "located close to areas where medical sharps are used" Health and Safety Executive, 2013).…”

Relationship between sharps disposal containers and Clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals

“…The stated benefits of reusable sharps containers, including environmental sustainability, convenience of service, lower costs, and reduced risk of needlestick injury to hospital personnel, have led to their increasing share of the market. [2][3][4] However, potential infection control and patient safety issues must also be considered with sharps disposal containers. The potential for reusable sharps containers to become a source of pathogen transmission within the health care setting is an issue that has been raised but not systematically studied.…”

O monitoramento do trabalhador de saúde após exposição a fluidos biológicos

“…Basso (1999), em um hospital escola na cidade de São Paulo, estudou os acidentes ocupacionais com fluidos corpóreos em profissionais outros continentes também relatam a contribuição desses recursos para a minimização de tais ocorrências. (Grimmond et al, 2003;Waclawski, 2004).…”

“…Os autores reforçam a importância da imunização dos trabalhadores de saúde (Kosgeroglu et al, 2004 (Martins, Dal Poz 1998;Grimmond et al, 2003;Waclawski, 2004). No entanto, o que se observa na realidade brasileira é a falta de aquisição freqüentes, tanto pela maior exposição como pelo maior contingente desses trabalhadores.…”