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These unfortunate events serve as a reminder of the serious consequences of failure to maintain strict adherence to safe injection practices during patient care. Injection safety and other basic infection control practices are central to patient safety.

All healthcare providers are urged to carefully review their infection control practices and the practices of all staff under their supervision. In particular, providers should ensure that staff:

  • Never administer medications from the same syringe to more than one patient, even if the needle is changed
  • Do not enter a vial with a used syringe or needle

 

 

Old Standards for
Injection Safety

 

COMPARE: Transcript

1 Needle + 1 Syringe + 1 Time = 0 Infections

  • Rx for Safe Injections: 1 Needle + 1 Syringe + 1 Time = 0 Infections
    Rx for Safe Injections
    Adobe PDF file [PDF - 271 KB]
    Rx for Safe Injections (Spanish version) Adobe PDF file [PDF - 3.71 MB]

 

CDC: Current standards for injection safety
http://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/providers.html

CDC Provider Information on Injection Safety

  • Page last reviewed: March 2, 2011
  • Page last updated: July 12, 2011
  • Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
    Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)

 

  • Injection Safety

Information for Providers  medical Provider

Recent investigations undertaken by state and local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified improper use of syringes, needles, and medication vials during routine healthcare procedures, such as administering injections. These practices have resulted in one or more of the following:

  • Transmission of bloodborne viruses, including hepatitis C virus to patients
  • Notification of thousands of patients of possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens and recommendation that they be tested for HCV, HBV, and HIV
  • Referral of providers to licensing boards for disciplinary action
  • Malpractice suits filed by patients

These unfortunate events serve as a reminder of the serious consequences of failure to maintain strict adherence to safe injection practices during patient care. Injection safety and other basic infection control practices are central to patient safety. All healthcare providers are urged to carefully review their infection control practices and the practices of all staff under their supervision. In particular, providers should ensure that staff:

  • Never administer medications from the same syringe to more than one patient, even if the needle is changed
  • Do not enter a vial with a used syringe or needle

Hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, and HIV can be spread from patient to patient when these simple precautions are not followed. Additional protection is offered when medication vials can be dedicated to a single patient. It is important that:

  • Medications packaged as single-use vials never be used for more than one patient
  • Medications packaged as multi-use vials be assigned to a single patient whenever possible
  • Bags or bottles of intravenous solution not be used as a common source of supply for more than one patient
  • Absolute adherence to proper infection control practices be maintained during the preparation and administration of injected medications

Continuing Education Activity (CME/CNE/CEU)

  • Unsafe Injection Practices: Outbreaks, Incidents, and Root CausesExternal Web Site Icon

Slide Presentations

  • Injection Safety & Recent Outbreaks - APIC North Carolina 2009. Adobe PDF file [PDF - 1.15 MB]

COCA Conference Call – A “Never” Event: Unsafe Injection Practices (March 27, 2008)

  • A “Never” Event: Unsafe Injection Practices Microsoft PowerPoint file [PPT - 2.33 MB]
    • Audio Audio/Video file
    • Transcript

Injection Safety FAQs for Providers

  • FAQs regarding Safe Practices for Medical Injections
  • FAQs regarding Assisted Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration

One & Only Campaign

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Video

 
Safe Injection Practices Video
The Safe Injection Practices video
External Web Site Icon for healthcare providers is designed to remind healthcare providers to consistently utilize basic, evidence-based, common sense precautions to protect patients and themselves
 

Posters

 
  • 1 Needle + 1 Syringe + 1 Time = 0 Infections; It’s Elementary
    It’s Elementary
    Adobe PDF file [PDF - 495 KB]
    It’s Elementary (Spanish version)
    Adobe PDF file [PDF - 1.21 MB]

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  • To Prevent Transmission of Infections in Healthcare, Injection Safety is Every Provider’s Responsibility
    Providers
    Adobe PDF file [PDF - 121 KB]
 
 
 

Additional Materials

  • FAQs Regarding Safe Practices for Medical Injections Adobe PDF fileExternal Web Site Icon
    Note: this is a formatted version of the FAQs on the Injection Safety Website.
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