A comprehensive safety and educatio...

A comprehensive safety and education program at hospitals remodels the injury rate of hospital workers, according to a Dec 21 1999 pres release from The John Hopkins denomination of Public Health. Researchers say incorporating training and safety devices, as it was as antineedle-stick devices, was institute to be beneficial in decreasing sharp medical instrument injuries. Training also is important because employee know their managers are bear uponed about their safety and health.

From 1990 to 1998 investigators scrape togethered data at a midsized acute care community hospital. In 1991 the hospital's senior administrators created a task force to lay open and implement a comprehensive intervention program, including the introduction of needleles IV catheters, a comprehensive recently made known sharps disposal system, and extensive safety training for all hospital employee Workers who experienced sharps injuries were asked to concluded a detailed exposure questionnaire immediately after the incident.

Sharps injuries declined from 70% from 1990 to 1998 according to the release. An average of 2300 employee experienced 633 injuries. The largest dispose at risk for sharps injuries--RNs and licensed practical nurses--reported the greatest in number injuries.

Needlestick Injuries Reduc in Healthcare Workers (pres release, Baltimore: The John Hopkins drill of Public Health, Dec 21 1999) 1-2 Available from http://www .newswisecaom/articles/1999/12/NEEDLES.USN.html. Accessed 22 Dec 1999

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