Education & training
Audio conference resources - Sharps Injury Prevention: Milestones and Opportunities
CDC workbook for designing, implementing, and evaluating a sharps injury prevention program
The CDC workbook includes several sections that describe each of the organizational steps and operational processes. A toolkit of forms and worksheets is included to help guide program development and implementation. The workbook also contains:
- A comprehensive overview of the literature on the risks and prevention of sharps injuries in healthcare personnel;
- A description of devices with sharps injury prevention features, and factors to consider when selecting such devices; and
- Internet links to Websites with relevant information on sharps injury prevention
- http://www.cdc.gov/sharpssafety
Safety Needle Device Training Program
The OSHA website contains information on the epidemiology and occupational risks of needlesticks. Included is a course manual with overheads and lecture notes prepared by OSHA’s Office of Occupational Health Nursing. On the following website go to: "Training,"
BD (Becton Dickinson) resources
BD provides a healthcare worker safety site that includes continuing education programs and a kit designed to assist in OSHA compliance. The kit includes a videotape and book on implementing a sharps injury prevention program, the complete 70-page OSHA Compliance Directive, OSHA’s Model Exposure Control Plan, CDC/NIOSH Needlestick Alert, checklist for exposure prevention, white paper on sharps injury epidemiology, summary of selected research studies on device efficacy, Web directory, posters and product evaluation tools. The kit may be ordered by email sci_kit@bd.com.
OR Precautions
A safety website focused on surgery, "OR Precautions" is available, providing safety and compliance resources such as federal and OSHA compliance for the OR, safety handbooks, videos and posters, consulting, speaking, on-site training seminars, and administrative and risk management strategies. Examples:
Stuck in Surgery; Sharps Safety in Today’s OR. A 17 minute safety video for OSHA compliance in the OR and hospital-wide sharps safety education. Useful for all staff in the OR, Labor & Delivery, Emergency Department, and Trauma Center. Produced by Mark S. Davis, MD; 2001. $29.95.
Safety Posters for the OR (set of 10 different topics) Informational and motivational daily reminders for posting in OR and Labor & Delivery. Printed on 8&1/2 X 11 inch heavy stock in assorted colors. Topics include no-hands passing of sharps, blunt suture needles, bloodborne pathogens, costs of exposures, laparoscopic/endoscopic checklist, smoke management, barrier selection, anesthesia precautions, labor and delivery checklist;. $30.00.