An estimated 1 million -stick injuries occur each year in the United States; many are never reported. Injuries caused by needles use to puncture a vein or artery carry the highest risk exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Hollow-bore ,blood-filled needles account for 60% of percutaneous exposures
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus HIV can be transmitted via accidental needle- stick injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention data document that 52 health care workers have been infected with HIV following occupational exposure.
Safe technology is currently available, but it's seriously underused to protect health care workers. Peripheral catheters are available with shielding devices that house the needle after venipuncture . Needleless systems are available to connect tubing The problem is no longer a lack of technology, but one of fully implementing the existing technology. There’s a definite learning cure when adapting to a safety device. Getting adequate Staff-development instruction from the manufacturers is very important. And that’s not the only advance on the horizon For example, researchers are finding better ways to deal with medical waste disposal problems by developing environment-friendly plastics and reducing the equipment required to start and maintain an I.V. line Supplying secondary drugs in vials that can be attached directly to the main I.V.line eliminates the need to draw a drug into a syringe, then inject the drug into a secondary big and administration set
Such improvement in technology and practice will make I.V. therapy even safer and more efficient in the future Here’s a closer look at current trends, from I.V. cannulas to fluid containers
An estimated 1 million -stick injuries occur each year in the United States; many are never reported. Injuries caused by needles use to puncture a vein or artery carry the highest risk exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Hollow-bore ,blood-filled needles account for 60% of percutaneous exposuresHepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus HIV can be transmitted via accidental needle- stick injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention data document that 52 health care workers have been infected with HIV following occupational exposure.Safe technology is currently available, but it's seriously underused to protect health care workers. Peripheral catheters are available with shielding devices that house the needle after venipuncture . Needleless systems are available to connect tubing The problem is no longer a lack of technology, but one of fully implementing the existing technology. There’s a definite learning cure when adapting to a safety device. Getting adequate Staff-development instruction from the manufacturers is very important. And that’s not the only advance on the horizon For example, researchers are finding better ways to deal with medical waste disposal problems by developing environment-friendly plastics and reducing the equipment required to start and maintain an I.V. line Supplying secondary drugs in vials that can be attached directly to the main I.V.line eliminates the need to draw a drug into a syringe, then inject the drug into a secondary big and administration set Such improvement in technology and practice will make I.V. therapy even safer and more efficient in the future Here’s a closer look at current trends, from I.V. cannulas to fluid containers
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