4-Occupational Exposure management including Sharps:
- Occupational exposure management, including needle stick (or “sharps”) injury, is one of the elements of Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs), which should be applied in all healthcare settings.
- Needle stick (or sharp) includes items such as needles, sharp-edged instruments, any other item that may be contaminated with blood or body fluids and may cause laceration or puncture wounds, such as razors and spicules of bone and teeth.
- Take care to prevent injuries when using, cleaning, and disposing of sharp instruments.
- Never recap used needles, manipulate them using both hands, or use any other technique that involves directing the point of a needle toward any part of the body. - Use a one …show more content…
Nonhazardous waste: It does not pose a danger to human health such as paper, empty bottles containing non-hazardous substances and residues of non-hazardous drugs.
2. Hazardous waste: Is a danger to human health and the environment, it includes:
1. Pathological waste: It is the remnants of surgical operations of human organs, blood, and fluids of patients.
2. Contaminated waste: includes surgical supplies, patient clothing, needles, syringes, etc.
3. Radioactive waste: Remnants of radiation rooms, radioactive solutions, specialized laboratories, and other radioactive waste. (8,9)
Dispose of waste safely and appropriately through:
- Never dispose of waste into an already full receptacle.
- Bags should be no more than ¾ full.
- Sharps bins should be no more than ¾ full /past manufacturers fill line.
- Waste bags/containers used to hold waste should be of an appropriate strength to ensure they can contain the waste without puncture.
The characteristic of bags:
- bags are orange or yellow in color and indicate hazardous healthcare waste for treatment.
- sharps containers/boxes should also always be used as they are puncture-resistant.(1)
ways to get rid of waste,
- Occupational exposure management, including needle stick (or “sharps”) injury, is one of the elements of Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs), which should be applied in all healthcare settings.
- Needle stick (or sharp) includes items such as needles, sharp-edged instruments, any other item that may be contaminated with blood or body fluids and may cause laceration or puncture wounds, such as razors and spicules of bone and teeth.
- Take care to prevent injuries when using, cleaning, and disposing of sharp instruments.
- Never recap used needles, manipulate them using both hands, or use any other technique that involves directing the point of a needle toward any part of the body. - Use a one …show more content…
Nonhazardous waste: It does not pose a danger to human health such as paper, empty bottles containing non-hazardous substances and residues of non-hazardous drugs.
2. Hazardous waste: Is a danger to human health and the environment, it includes:
1. Pathological waste: It is the remnants of surgical operations of human organs, blood, and fluids of patients.
2. Contaminated waste: includes surgical supplies, patient clothing, needles, syringes, etc.
3. Radioactive waste: Remnants of radiation rooms, radioactive solutions, specialized laboratories, and other radioactive waste. (8,9)
Dispose of waste safely and appropriately through:
- Never dispose of waste into an already full receptacle.
- Bags should be no more than ¾ full.
- Sharps bins should be no more than ¾ full /past manufacturers fill line.
- Waste bags/containers used to hold waste should be of an appropriate strength to ensure they can contain the waste without puncture.
The characteristic of bags:
- bags are orange or yellow in color and indicate hazardous healthcare waste for treatment.
- sharps containers/boxes should also always be used as they are puncture-resistant.(1)
ways to get rid of waste,