safer needle devices: protecting health care workers
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Safer Needle Devices: Protecting Health Care Workers. Purpose of this Presentation:. Update statistics Define and discuss safer needle devices Examine OSHA’s position on the use of safer needle devices. The Pattern of Needlestick Injuries. Who? What? Where? When?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Safer Needle Devices:Protecting Health
Care Workers
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Purpose of this Presentation:• Update statistics• Define and discuss safer needle
devices• Examine OSHA’s position on the use
of safer needle devices
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The Pattern of Needlestick Injuries
• Who?• What?• Where?• When?
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800,000 Needlestick Injuries Occur Each Year in the
United States
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Needlestick Injuries Are Costly:• Time and money to investigated the
source• Post-exposure care• Lost work time and productivity• Treatment of resulting illnesses• Workers’ lives
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Who Is Injured Most Frequently?
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Needlestick Injuries Among Health Care Workers
Source: EPINet data, University of Virginia
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Needlestick Injuries Are Underreported by Health
Care Workers
Source: Harmony, 1983; Chiarello, 1992
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Underreporting Reasons• Lack of time• Employer response• Concern about HIV status
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What Types of Devices Are Most
Commonly Involved in Needlestick
Injuries?
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• Hollow-bore needles are the cause of injury in 68.5% of cases
Source: Ippolito, et al, 1997
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Items Most Frequently Causing Sharp-Object Injuries, 1995
Adapted from Ippolito et al, 1997
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Where Do Most Needlestick Injuries Occur?
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Location Where Puncture Injuries and Other Blood Exposures
Occurred, 1995
Source: Adapted from Ippolito et al., 1997.
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Which Tasks Involve the Most Injuries?
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• The majority of needlesticks occur when health care workers:– Dispose of needles– Administer injections– Draw blood– Recap needles– Handle trash and dirty linens
Source: Chiarello, 1992
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When Do Needlesticks Happen?
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How Serious a Threat Are Needlestick Injuries to Health Care Workers?
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800,000 Needlestick Injuries Occur Each Year in the
United States
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16,000 of These Are Likely to Be Contaminated by HIV
Source: American Hospital Association, 1992
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Up to 80% of All Accident Exposures to Blood Are Caused
by Needlestick Injuries
Source: Jagger, J., 1988
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Source: Chiarello, 1992
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HBV and HCV Pose an Even Greater Risk Then HIV
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1991
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Prevalence in the Patient Population
Source: Kalen, et. al, 1997
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Occupational Risk of Hepatitis B:
• Much more transmissible than HIV• Risk after needlestick: 2% - 40%• 1994 - 1000 health care workers
developed HBV infection• Approximately 200 HCWs die each
yearSource: CDC, 1991; 1997
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Estimated Incidence of Acute Hepatitis B
United States, 1978-1995
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Occupational Risk of Hepatitis C:• HCV - major cause of chronic liver
disease• No vaccine• No effective post-exposure
prophylaxis• 85% of HCV infected people develop
chronic infectionSource: CDC, 1997; NIH, 1997
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Occupational Risk of HIV:• Risk after needlestick - 1 in 300• Exposures from needlesticks or cuts
cause most infections
Source: CDC, 1991; 1996
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HCWs with Occupationally Acquired HIV/AIDS Infection
Source: CDC, 1997
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Health Care Workers with Occupationally Acquired
AIDS/HIV Infection
Source: MMWR, 1987-1989; CDC, 1992-1996
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Alone Usually Does Not Adequately Protect the Health
Care Worker from Needlesticks• PPE, such as gloves provide a
barrier, but…• Most personal protective equipment is
easily penetrated by needles
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UNSAFE NEEDLE DEVICES
NEEDLESTICK INJURIES
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Do Safer Needle Devices Prevent Injury?
• Can’t eliminate all, but…• 83% can be prevented
Source: Ippolito, et. al., 1997
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Reduction in Needlestick Injuries
Source: MMWR, 1997
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Source: Chiarello, 1995
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Source: Chiarello, 1995
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Evaluating and Selecting Safer Needle Devices
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Source: FDA, 1992, 1995
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Types of Safety Features
Source: Chiarello, 1995
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OSHA’s Position on Safer Needle Devices:
• Bloodborne Pathogens Standard requires use of engineering and work practice controls
• Failure to use engineering/work practice controls could result in a citation
• Devices which offer alternatives to needles are preferable
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Safer Needle Devices
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Safer Needle Devices protect workers from exposure to
life-threatening diseases by preventing needlestick injuries
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