Re: Sharps disposal within the theatre Suite

[Rhodes, Deborah]

Hi Beth

On the anaesthetic side, in addition to fixed sharps bin on the
anaesthetic trolley,
a sharps bin mounted on wheels is indispensible to facilitate point of
use disposal as many invasive procedures are conducted a good distance
away
from the anaesthetic trolley, such as insertion of peripheral IV
cannulae and/or arterial lines, and performing spinal or epidural
anaesthesia.

Kind regards

Deb Rhodes
Credentialled ICP
ACIPC Elaine Graham Robertson Award Recipient 2013
Infection Prevention & Healthcare Epidemiology Unit
m 0429418495
p 4066
t 03 90763139 e D.Rhodes@alfred.org.au

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—–Original Message—–
Behalf Of ErinK

Hi Beth

When I worked in the Austin Operating Suite, Melbourne, sharps were
disposed of by the scrub nurse into a mobile sharps container either
brought as close to the instrument trolley as possible by the scout
nurse or tech, and/or trolley moved as close to the sharps container as
possible. This was the same practice as when I worked in a cath lab in
Townsville, QLD.
Anaesthetics sharps were disposed of in a sharps container attached to
the anesthetic equipment trolley. For long sharps such as laparoscopic
scissors, staples etc, these were safely contained in the tray on the
trolley, and transported and disposed of by the scrub nurse in the
decontamination room. This was because extra long sharps containers were
in short supply and not widely used around the unit, so they were kept
in a central area. Overall, disposal practice is dependent on resources
available and the setup/architecture of the operating suites you have to
work with, granted practice is meeting ACORN and quality/safety
standards.

Hope this helps,

Kind regards
Erin Burrows

CQI Facilitator
Danila Dilba Health Service
Darwin, NT

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On 17/05/2014, at 9:51 AM, “Beth Bint”
wrote:

> 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

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