Patient Safety

Injection Safety

Injected medicines are commonly used in healthcare settings for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of various illnesses. Injection safety, or safe injection practices are measures taken to perform injections in an optimally safe manner for patients, healthcare providers, and others. A safe injection does not harm the recipient, does not expose the provider to any avoidable risks and does not result in waste that is dangerous for the community. Injection safety includes practices intended to prevent transmission of infectious diseases between one patient and another, or between a patient and healthcare provider, and also to prevent harms such as needlestick injuries.

• Injection Safety Information for Providers
• Injection Safety FAQ's for Providers
• Safe Injection Practices to Prevent Transmission of Infections to Patients.
• Excerpted from Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007.
• A Patient Safety Threat - Syringe Reuse
   

Slide Presentations

• A "Never" Event: Unsafe Injection Practices

Reference

• Publication: Nonhospital Health Care–Associated Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission: United States, 1998–2008.* Annals of Internal Medicine

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