Celebrating Nurses’ Monumental Impact
There is a myriad of ways to participate in National Nurses Week, which is celebrated May 6-12, from honoring your staff RNs with a gift or event to taking steps to let...
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By: Susan McCann
Published: 6/11/2008
Like most bad habits, infection control errors are easy to commit, hard to correct and sometimes difficult to detect. Little breaches can have disastrous consequences, such as not wearing personal protective equipment or not securing the tips of sharps when laying them out on a tray.
See if your eye is trained and vigilant enough to spot the poor infection control practices in the following 10 pictures, as staged by our staff at the Gainesville Surgery Center.
Contaminated Gown |
DID YOU NOTICE? Her dangling mask tie is contaminating the front of her gown.
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Unsecured Patient |
DID YOU NOTICE? The patient's safety strap is not secured.
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Needlestick Injury |
DID YOU NOTICE? The staff member's hand is inside a sharps disposal box.
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No Drinking in the OR |
DID YOU NOTICE? The staff member's dangling jewelry, no gloves and the soda can.
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Too Close to the Sterile Field |
DID YOU NOTICE? The RN circulator's jacket is touching the sterile field.
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About-face |
DID YOU NOTICE? The staff member is facing you.
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Tray of Exposed Sharps |
DID YOU NOTICE? The sharp and unprotected points.
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Where's the Protective Equipment? |
DID YOU NOTICE? The staff member isn't wearing gloves or other protective equipment — no impervious apron, gloves or protective eyewear.
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Use One Hand |
DID YOU NOTICE? The nurse is recapping an unlabeled syringe.
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Gloves? |
DID YOU NOTICE? The staff member has bare hands.
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