FIT4Safety: recommendations in the diabetes care setting.
Sharps injuries pose a serious threat to health professionals, patients, and downstream workers. FIT4Safety is an initiative that seeks to promote safety and best practice in the diabetes setting. An Introduction to FIT4Safety and its Recommendations for the Safety of Sharps in the Diabetes Care Setting explains how and why the FIT4Safety initiative was formed, what it aims to achieve, and the importance of ensuring safety in the diabetes care setting. Outputs from FIT4Safety include Injection Safety in UK and Ireland: Safety of Sharps in Diabetes Recommendations. These recommendations were developed to provide a resource for all those directly involved in, or overseeing, diabetes care. The main topics and guidance detailed within the recommendations are discussed, as well as EU Directive 2010/32 on sharps injury prevention and the UK's Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013.
Independent Consultant Advisor/Head of Infection Prevention and Control (Midlands and East) at NHS Trust Development Authority.
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D016602:Needlestick Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017751:Safety Management