A retractable winged steel (butterfly) needle performance improvement project.
A performance improvement project used an interdisciplinary, systematic approach, including frontline staff input, in identifying, selecting, and evaluating a safer needle device. Following adoption of a retractable needle, needlesticks of health care workers decreased from 3.19 to zero incidents per 100,000 needles.
Hotaling
Mary
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Stony Brook University, New York, USA. mary.hotaling@chsli.org
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*