do."
Baptist Health has a Code Sharp system that reviews staff injuries
from needles and other sharps in order to determine how they can be
prevented in the future. A response team is paged if an unsecured
sharp is detected or if a staff member gets stuck. The team removes
the sharp and sends the employee for treatment.
The staff gathers for regular patient safety meetings that serve as
good vehicles to address staff safety, because there is often an overlap.
"If someone has an issue with a new syringe, and we're noticing the
capping isn't working, those meetings are a good time to see if other
people are having the same difficulties," says Ms. Evers. "Then we can
find out if it's an isolated or a global issue, and whether the solution is
to educate the staff on how to use it, or if it's something that needs to
be brought to the vendor's attention."
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• On the same page. Staff
at Sutter Alhambra
Surgery Center, a 3-OR
orthopedic facility in
Sacramento, Calif., con-
duct a daily safety huddle
in front of the OR Huddle
Board, which they created
to list the goings-on that
could otherwise get lost
in the shuffle during a busy day of surgery. The content on the
board is updated daily; staff puts sticky notes on the board
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Protecting Staff From Harm
• HUDDLE UP The daily safety gather in front of the OR Board at
Sutter Alhambra Surgery Center get each day's procedures off to a
good start.
Sutter
Alhambra
Surgery
Center
