The threat of sharps injury remains a distressing reality for perioperative nursers.
The operating theatre is a high risk area for sharps injury due to the handling of large numbers of sharps devices in a confined space and under pressure.
- Perioperative nurses are almost 50% more at risk of sharps injury compared to other health care workers.
- Every sharps injury carries the risk of acquiring a potentially life threatening blood borne disease such as hepatitis B, C or HIV.
- A sharps injury can have significant physical, psychological and financial impacts on those injured and their family.
These Sharps Transfer Trays will minimise the risk of sharp injuries in operating theatres.
Download the poster for an insight into the effective collaboration between nurses at St. Vincents Private,
Melb and PDMedical in the development of the Sharps Transfer Trays as a means of reducing sharps
injuries in the hospital operating theatres.