MOBILE APPLICATION Use a sharps container on wheels to dispose of sharps you use to start nerve blocks.

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]