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By: OSD Staff
Published: 11/1/2013
SHARPS SAFETY
Bring Sharps Containers to Your Staff
When you perform nerve blocks before surgery in the pre-op area, disposing of sharps can be a problem because the sharps you use to start a block are commonly bigger than can fit in the usual wall-boxes. Our quick fix: a sharps container on wheels. It's a bigger box, able to handle the bulkiness of nerve-block-related sharps, mounted on a cart that you can wheel between bays. That way, staff can dispose of needles safely without having to go to the extra effort of tracking down a sharps container that's the right size.
Patricia Castellano, RN
Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester
Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
[email protected]
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