Injection Safety - Best Practice PDF

BEST PRACTICE INJECTION SAFETY CONTINUED 14/10/24 K LOOTAWAN OBJECTIVES Define the term best practice Evaluate best practice for injection safety Define the term adverse event Describe adverse events associated with injections BEST PRACTICE Professional pr...

BEST PRACTICE INJECTION SAFETY CONTINUED 14/10/24 K LOOTAWAN OBJECTIVES Define the term best practice Evaluate best practice for injection safety Define the term adverse event Describe adverse events associated with injections BEST PRACTICE Professional procedures that are accepted as being correct or being most effective (Oxford dictionary) a procedure that has been shown by research and experience to produce optimal results and that is established or proposed as a standard suitable for widespread adoption (Mariam- Webster dictionary) Best practice associated activities for injection The WHO (World Health Organization)has outlined seven (7) best practice steps for health care workers to make all safety injections safe. The seven Steps 1. Clean workspace 2. Hand hygiene 3. Sterile and new syringe and needle, with re-use prevention and/or injury protection feature whenever possible. 4. Sterile vial of medication and diluent 5. Skin disinfection. 6. Appropriate collection of sharps 7. Appropriate waste management (WHO- Make Smart Injection Choices) Activity Read the WHO document “make Smart injection Choices: Safe Injection Practices” found on the link below as well as o your MyeLearning course page. https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/integrated-health-services-(ihs)/infection-prevention-and- control/injection- safety/advocacy/is_healthcareproviders_leaflet.pdf?sfvrsn=bb7f4169_7&ua=1#:~:text=STEP%201%3A%20Clean%20wor k%20space,vial%20of%20medication%20and%20diluent.  Patient safety is defined as “the absence of preventable harm to a patient and reduction of risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care to an acceptable What is minimum." Within the broader health system context, it is “a framework of organized activities that creates cultures, Patient Safety processes, procedures, behaviours, technologies and environments in health care that consistently and sustainably lower risks, reduce the occurrence of avoidable harm, make error less likely and reduce impact of harm when it does occur. (WHO)  Definition- An untoward or unfavorable or unexpected occurrence in a client associated with the client’s care and Adverse Event can result in harm. Common According to WHO (2022) Adverse “Common adverse events that may result in avoidable patient harm are medication errors, unsafe surgical Events procedures, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, patient falls, pressure ulcers, patient misidentification, unsafe blood transfusion and venous thromboembolism”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEI9QmGErWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXqwDAFfwxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv_2S0p9Wj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks1584eT8Qg HAVE LOOK NOW DO YOUR PART Your safety and that of you patients rests with you.