Course Description
Sharps Safety: Preventing Sharps Injuries in the OR
Sponsored By:
Your fee for this course is generously paid for by Sandel.
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Purpose:
This course teaches the latest information on sharps injuries and emphasizes the team approach required to reduce these injuries. Percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposure is no longer considered an acceptable occupational hazard for health care workers. Learn the latest recommendations and information on compliance with regulations to help make your operating room safer for you and your co-workers.
This course expires on March 15, 2012.
The approval number for this course is: #01410.
This course expires on March 15, 2012.
The approval number for this course is: #01410.
Objectives
- List the three most common instruments that cause sharps injuries in the OR
- List the four sharps injury prevention strategies endorsed by the American College of Surgeons
- List the major barriers to adoption of sharps safety protocols and devices
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Conflict Of interest:
There is no conflict of interest noted for this course.
Commercial Support:
A sponsorship has been given by Sandel. They did not participate in the development of this course.
Nonendorsement of Products:
Approval for this activity refers only to continuing nursing education activity and does not imply that there is real or implied endorsement of any product, service, or company referred to in this activity nor of any company subsidizing costs related to the activity.
Off Label Use:
There is no use of off label products in this presentation.
Accreditation:
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
