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Hi – in our facility the sharps are disposed of in the OR at the end of
the case by the scrub nurse. No sharps leave the room. We have 2 sharps
containers in the room – one for the anaesthetic end and one for the op
end.
Jenny McCarthy
Maryvale Private Hospital
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Behalf Of Beth Bint
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Good Morning All
I am interested to know what other facilities practices are for the
disposal of sharps within the theatre suite.
At what point and where are disposable sharps disposed?
Is it within the theatre:
into a sharps container that is located within the room?
into a mobile sharps container that is brought into the theatre at the
end of the case?
or
Is the instrument trolley removed from the theatre with the sharps to
another zone/room where the sharps are removed?
If this information is readily known and it will not intrude on your
valuable time, I would value as many responses as possible to assist
with the evaluation of our current practice.
Thank you
Beth
Beth Bint
Infection Prevention and Control Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection
Management and Control Service Level 1 Lawson House Wollongong Hospital
Tel 02 4222 5898 |beth.bint@SESIAHS.HEALTH.NSW.GOV.AU
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au
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