Implementation of a customized needleless intravenous delivery system.
Occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis, and other bloodborne pathogens concerns all health care workers, especially those in high-risk clinical settings such as the emergency room, operating room, intravenous therapy department, etc. In response to the increased attention to needlestick injuries in the workplace, hospitals are adopting a more proactive approach to establishing precautions to eliminate this occupational hazard. Many technologies to address the situation are available today, but most offer only a partial solution. The need for a comprehensive needleless IV delivery system recently sparked a collaboration between the IV therapy coordinator and a manufacturer's representative (Abbott Laboratories) that resulted in a new product design that was recently implemented house wide at our two hospitals.
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004867:Equipment Design; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*