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Hi Michael,
With sharps safety device legislation under current consideration, I wonder if members could hazard an answer to this Q – am happy for answers to come direct to me at tg@gandassoc.com.
“Of all needles/butterflies used on patients at your hospital (Rx, phlebotomy, etc) what % would be ‘safety engineered devices’ and what % of those would be correctly activated after use?”
I had one reply of “33% and 90%” and that surprised me.Best regards, Terry
Terry Grimmond FASM, BAgrSc, GrDpAdEd
Consultant Microbiologist
Grimmond and Associates
Ph/Fx (NZ): +64 7 856 4042
Mob (NZ): +64 274 365 140
E: tg@gandassoc.com
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Hi Terry
Difficult to answer empirically as this is not a statistic I maintain, but best guess for here would be probably 60 -70% of our sharps used in wards (eg non-procedural areas) are safety devices (needle/syringe, peripheral IV access cannulas).
Of these safety devices I would think the majority are correctly activated after use, probably running about 90%. The majority of peripheral IV access cannulas automatically sheath on insertion (passive), but our needle/syringe safety devices require active manual activation, and we do get reports of activation failure, so they at least try to activate them! Not all of our S/C or IM injection needle/syringes are safety (pre-filled syringes mostly non-safety, and larger volume syringes with needles are non-safety here – staff do not like the 5 ml or larger safety syringes of the type we use so we do not have them available).
Procedural area sharps are much more problematic, as scalpels, suture needles and many reusable cannulas/trocars are not readily available (or acceptable) as safety devices. The % in procedural areas would be much lower, probably around 20% at most of the total sharps used (pure guess!). Since the majority of peripheral IV cannulas used in procedural areas are passive safety devices, and there is very little use of safety needle/syringes, the activation rate would be very high. Not really sure what % of sharps would be procedural vs ward based, sorry.
I would also be interested to know whether this would be a common scenario in many facilities currently. Bring on some legislation requiring more attention to safety sharps!
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart
CNC Infection Control
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
627 Rode Road, Chermside, Qld 4032
t: (07) 3326 3068 | f: (07) 3607 2226
e: Michael.Wishart@hsn.org.au
w:www.holyspiritnorthside.org.au
Please consider the environment before printing this emailHi Michael,
With sharps safety device legislation under current consideration, I wonder if members could hazard an answer to this Q – am happy for answers to come direct to me at tg@gandassoc.com.
“Of all needles/butterflies used on patients at your hospital (Rx, phlebotomy, etc) what % would be ‘safety engineered devices’ and what % of those would be correctly activated after use?”
I had one reply of “33% and 90%” and that surprised me.Best regards, Terry
Terry Grimmond FASM, BAgrSc, GrDpAdEd
Consultant Microbiologist
Grimmond and Associates
Ph/Fx (NZ): +64 7 856 4042
Mob (NZ): +64 274 365 140
E: tg@gandassoc.com
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Thanks Michael,
Just for clarity, I include IV catheter insertions (and exclude scalpels/sutures) so have clarified Q below. Would you mind putting this answer out to members please.
“Of all hollow bore needles/butterflies/IV catheters used on patients throughout your hospital, what % would be ‘safety engineered devices’ and what % of those would be correctly activated after use?”
Regards, Terry
Terry Grimmond FASM, BAgrSc, GrDpAdEd
Consultant Microbiologist
Grimmond and Associates
Ph/Fx (NZ): +64 7 856 4042
Mob (NZ): +64 274 365 140
E: tg@gandassoc.com
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Difficult to answer empirically as this is not a statistic I maintain, but best guess for here would be probably 60 -70% of our sharps used in wards (eg non-procedural areas) are safety devices (needle/syringe, peripheral IV access cannulas).
Of these safety devices I would think the majority are correctly activated after use, probably running about 90%. The majority of peripheral IV access cannulas automatically sheath on insertion (passive), but our needle/syringe safety devices require active manual activation, and we do get reports of activation failure, so they at least try to activate them! Not all of our S/C or IM injection needle/syringes are safety (pre-filled syringes mostly non-safety, and larger volume syringes with needles are non-safety here – staff do not like the 5 ml or larger safety syringes of the type we use so we do not have them available).
Procedural area sharps are much more problematic, as scalpels, suture needles and many reusable cannulas/trocars are not readily available (or acceptable) as safety devices. The % in procedural areas would be much lower, probably around 20% at most of the total sharps used (pure guess!). Since the majority of peripheral IV cannulas used in procedural areas are passive safety devices, and there is very little use of safety needle/syringes, the activation rate would be very high. Not really sure what % of sharps would be procedural vs ward based, sorry.
I would also be interested to know whether this would be a common scenario in many facilities currently. Bring on some legislation requiring more attention to safety sharps!
Cheers
MichaelMichael Wishart
CNC Infection Control
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
627 Rode Road, Chermside, Qld 4032
t: (07) 3326 3068 | f: (07) 3607 2226
e: Michael.Wishart@hsn.org.au
w:www.holyspiritnorthside.org.au
Please consider the environment before printing this emailHi Michael,
With sharps safety device legislation under current consideration, I wonder if members could hazard an answer to this Q – am happy for answers to come direct to me at tg@gandassoc.com.
“Of all needles/butterflies used on patients at your hospital (Rx, phlebotomy, etc) what % would be ‘safety engineered devices’ and what % of those would be correctly activated after use?”
I had one reply of “33% and 90%” and that surprised me.Best regards, Terry
Terry Grimmond FASM, BAgrSc, GrDpAdEd
Consultant Microbiologist
Grimmond and Associates
Ph/Fx (NZ): +64 7 856 4042
Mob (NZ): +64 274 365 140
E: tg@gandassoc.com
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