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Welcome to the ISIPS Newsletter |
February 12, 2010 |
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USA News
State: HIV rates are higher among blacks
Most HIV/TB Co-Infections Are In Latinos
Global News
Calgary tattoo-parlour patrons told to get HIV, hepatitis
tests
China's mystery
HIV-like disease may be all in the mind
Combatting HIV/AIDS in Africa: Changing Behavior with Worksite Education and...
Avian Flu
Bird flu H5N1 re-strikes Myanmar
Europe to Help Against Avian Flu
Cambodia - Bird flu hits ducks
Suspect quarantined in Lampung hospital
New Cases Human Avian Flu In Egypt
Concerns mount for new bird flu threat
Bird flu hits many provinces
Swine Flu
Swine flu claims 23rd victim in Vadodara
Swine flu vaccination study extended to children
Indian student from China 22nd swine flu victim in city
Medical News
University researchers working on West
Nile drug
Scientists have discovered how HIV is
transmitted
West Nile
Miss. reports 1st human West Nile case of
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The ChaSyr DDS is a
prefilled, multi–chamber, sequential delivery syringe. In a
nutshell, it means that the syringe has more than one
medication chamber separated by a rubber stopper with a
valve that keeps the medications disparate and prevents
air/gas from passing through the valve. The syringe comes
prefilled with saline or heparinized saline in the posterior
chamber. The clinician aspirates medication into the front
chamber using conventional practices.
It is shown that rear chamber of the ChaSyr DDS has a prefilled saline flush, the front chamber of the ChaSyr DDS is filled by the pharmacist with the drug of choice and a saline lock is placed in an extension set with a clamp. Looking at figure 2 -
The clinician removes the cap from the extension set (only clinician exposure is to saline) and attaches the extension set to the catheter. After opening the clamp, the syringe plunger is pushed thus infusing the saline pre-flush then the drug through the IV. Looking at figure 3 -
The plunger is continued to be pushed until the valve in the first plunger is activated. Saline then flushes the hazardous medication from the Y-site and the IV catheter thus rendering the catheter free of medicant and filled with the flush solution. For more information on this exciting product click here.
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In This Issue
Preventing needle-stick injuries in the health sector
For obese, vaccine needle size matters
Drug company could be partially at fault for hepatitis C outbreak
No medical practice too small for bloodborne pathogens compliance
OSHA training not during office hours
Hand hygiene compliance rates
Human Civilization is Losing the War Against
Superbugs
Needle
Injuries to Medical Students Often Go Unreported
HIV key enzyme structure is determined
OSHA Violations
...recent citations issued
ISIPS Corporate Members
Please click on any ISIPS member below to view their sharps safety products!
Amgen
Immunization
Branch-California Dept. of Health Services
ANFIM - Association of Needle-free Injection Mfrs Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association (CINA)
Sarstedt
Center for Phlebotomy Education, Inc.
Managing Infection Control Magazine Luminetx Corporation
Real Needlestick and
Blood Exposure Stories The accident happened less than a year after the unnamed woman had qualified. She pricked herself on a needle that had been left on a drugs trolley while working as a junior house officer at Charing Cross Hospital, central London. Although she did not develop an infection, she went on sick leave two years later and has not worked since. "After the incident I kept worrying about what I could have caught," she told the British Medical Association's News Review magazine. "I began to avoid high-risk patients. I hid in the loo so someone else would deal with them. I avoided stitching wounds and pretended blood tests I had never taken had got lost. I could not trust my colleagues to dispose of their sharps safely." She said she struggled for two years to cope with growing anxieties about sharp instruments, blood and Aids. She went sick in October 1994.
The VeinViewer by Luminetx™ uses a combination of near-infrared light and patented technologies to image vascular structures, thus allowing physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to clearly see accessible vasculature (or lack thereof) in real time, directly on the surface of the skin. By imaging the vasculature, clinicians have the ability to visualize the location of the target area regardless of a patient's age, body type or skin tone. During prototype development, the device was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the most innovative medical inventions of 2004.
The VeinViewer incorporates DLP™ Technology from Texas Instruments. But don't just take our word for it " The VeinViewer technology has transformed our
ability to deliver compassionate care. With VeinViewer, we have
reduced not only the number of sticks, but also the levels of
stress associated with multiple sticks for the practitioner, the
patient and the patient's family."
“When we as healthcare practitioners talk in altruistic terms of patient satisfaction and nursing confidence, the benefits of the VeinViewer are impossible to quantify. However, the overall economic benefit to hospitals and clinics with regard to decreased time, lower material costs and a substantial reduction in the number of needles needed for venous access is very real and quantifiable.” David M. Pennington, RN, BSN, MBA |
ISIPS Articles
Managing Infection Control articles written by Ron Stoker 2009 October 2009- Preventing Injuries from Glass Ampoule Shards-Advances in glass ampoule breakers April 2009 - Safety Enhancements for Blood Culture Processing-Protecting Staff From Harm April 2009 - Neuropathy Testing - One of the Challenges of Diabetes April 2009 - Where to Find Safety Products - Part Four March 2009 - Sharps Safety Matters - Where to find Safety Products - Part Three February 2009 - Advances in Internal Bone Fixation - Sharps Safety for Orthopedic Surgeons February 2009 - Sharps Safety Matters! - Where to find Safety Products Part 2 January 2009 - Sharps Safety Matters! - Where to find Safety Products Part I 2008 December 2008 - 2008 International Sharps Injury Prevention Awards November 2008 - Sharps Injuries - just part of the job, right? October 2008 - Eye Can See Clearly Now - the Positive use of face shields as PPE September 2008 - Safety Scalpels - State of the Market Report August 2008 Revolutionary Designs - New passive, self-sheathing safety syringe June 2008 - One Less Problem - Safe Practices When Administering IV Therapy May 2008 - Scalpel Safety - Protecting patients and clinicians April 2008 - Working in Harms Way - Understanding Sharps Safety Compliance April 2008 - PPE Practices - Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Satellite Locations March 2008 - Simply Safe- Providing safety for the needle that saves lives 2007 November 2007 - A Fortune to Share -Changing attitudes toward sharps safety. June 2007 - OSHA’s Most Cited Hospital Violations - Strategies for Creating a Safe Workplace May 2007 - OR Safety - Improvements in Sharps Safety in the Operating Room May 2007- Safety Product Review - Use Safety Products to Improve Staff and Patient Safety. April 2007- Needlestick Safety-Not just a U.S. problem. Feb 2007 A Change Of Heart - Set Goals To Improve Your Teams Safety Jan 2007 Stuck at Work - Use Safety Blood Draw Products To Avoid Needlestick Injuries 2006 September 2006 -Evaluating Safety Products - Decision Making in the Selection of Safety Products August 2006 -Safety Peripheral IV Catheters - State of the market report June 2006 BESIDE THE POINT: Safety Huber Needles 2006 - State of the Market Report May 2006 - Zero Needlesticks— A Goal We Can Live With! Current OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Citations April 2006 - A Change of Heart - Set Goals to Change Your Team's Sharps Safety February 2006 - How Can You Tell If Your OSHA inspection is going poorly? Part II
Additional Articles
Anatomy of Needlestick Injury; Ron Stoker, Business Briefing: Global Healthcare- Advanced Medical Technologies 2004- Infection Control and Epidemiology Needlestick Injury Prevention, Ron Stoker, Business Briefing: Global Healthcare 2003 Specially designed syringes maximize flue vaccine supply - Syringes reduce costs and and increase healthcare worker safety and patient comfort
Safety Wound
Closure Presentation
Not Just
painful, Deadly! Patients aren't the only ones scared of Needles |
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Links
Immunization Branch, California Department of Health Services ANFIM - Association of Needle-free Injection Manufacturers International Association of EMTs and Paramedics AOHP - Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare CINA - Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association Center for Phlebotomy Education |
Compendium of Infection
Control Technologies
Digital Edition The Compendium of Infection Control
Technologies - Digital Edition is now available. It also includes:
The Compendium of Infection Control Technologies is only $89.95. It will save you literally hundreds of hours in searching for safety products. |
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