Prevent the occurrence of bloodborne disease transmission associated with unsafe injection practices

Prevent the occurrence of bloodborne disease transmission associated with unsafe injection practices

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
Contributor(s):
Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority.
ECRI (Organization)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Blood-Borne Pathogens
Communicable Disease Control -- methods
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Injections, Intravenous -- adverse effects
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Lapses in basic safe injection practices and infection control expose patients to needless risk of transmission of bloodborne pathogens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. public health officials identified 51 reports of outbreaks of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection primarily associated with unsafe injection practices in patients in the United States from 1998 through 2009. Of the 75,000 patients who were placed at risk, 620 became infected or died as a result of exposure. Events of unsafe syringe reuse reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority from 2004 through 2010 were associated with delivery of injectable medications during surgery, vaccinations, and bedside care. This article describes approaches to integrate safe injection strategies into clinical practice and explains the key components of an infection prevention program, including dispelling the misperceptions associated with unsafe injection practices, increasing the awareness of safe injection practices, and oversight of compliance with safe injection practices.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101561915 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101561915