Needlestick Injury Prevention

(12 min.) This short training program is designed to heighten awareness relating to needlestick injuries and to provide measures you can use to reduce these potentially serious injuries. First, we'll look at some basic statistics and then we'll review important safety rules, reporting injuries, and information relating to the prevention of needlestick injuries.

Topics included in this safety video are: statistics, engineering controls, reporting needlestick injuries, other sharps, needlestick prevention, what are the design features of a safer needle device, health care worker needlestick prevention act, exposure control plan, sharps injury log, training, and National Clearinghouse on safer needle technology.

Program comes with a CD-ROM of written materials, including test questions and answers. English title also includes PowerPoint presentation.