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IDEAS THAT WORK
"The best option continues to be to draw up the medications for immediate use as close to the time of administration as possible," says Mr. Sones. "Why would you draw up syringes and want to have them in your
pocket? It's just a convenience."
— Dan O'Connor
SHARPS SAFETY
Bring Sharps Containers to Your Staff
When you perform nerve blocks before surgery in the pre-op area, disposing of sharps can be a problem because the sharps you use to start a block are commonly bigger than
can fit in the usual wall-boxes. Our quick fix: a sharps container on wheels. It's a bigger box, able to handle the bulkiness of nerve-blockrelated sharps, mounted on a cart that you can wheel between bays. That way, staff can dispose of needles safely without having to go to the extra effort of tracking down a sharps container that's the right size.
Patricia Castellano, RN
Ambulatory Surgery Center
of Westchester
Mt. Kisco, N.Y.
pcastell@westchestersurgery.com
MOBILE APPLICATION Use a sharps container on wheels to dispose of sharps you use to start nerve blocks.
