BLOODBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES: HIV/AIDS,
HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C
Safer Medical Device Implementation in Health Care Facilities
Step 1: Form a Sharps Injury Prevention Team
To read the healthcare facility reports for each step click below:
- Form a sharps injury prevention team
- Identify priorities
- Identify and screen safer medical devices
- Evaluate safer medical device(s)
- Implement and monitor the use of the new safer medical device
NIOSH suggests that one of the major elements of the process for selecting and evaluating safer medical devices is the formation of a sharps injury prevention team to develop, implement, and evaluate a plan to reduce needlestick injuries in the facility and to evaluate safer medical devices.
The health care facilities participating in this project have agreed to describe the process they used to identify sharps injury prevention team members and their recommendations regarding the composition of the sharps injury prevention team.
Hospital Results
- Hospital 1 Step 1
- Hospital 2 Step 1
- Hospital 3 Step 1
- Hospital 4 Step 1
- Hospital 5 Step 1
- Hospital 6 Step 1
- Hospital 7 Step 1
Nursing Home Results
Home Health Agencies Results
Dental Facilities Results
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