Save a life “Single-Handedly”
Use the Sharps Terminator® One-Handed
technique to eliminate the needle at the
point of procedure.
How can Sharps Terminator® help reduce needlesticks?
Q: What is so important about the Sharps Terminator® “One-Handed Technique”?
A: Needlestick injuries do not happen to the hand that holds the needle. They happen either to the other hand or other parts of the body. The One-Handed Technique can be performed in 3 steps:
1. Remove needle from patient,
2. Insert needle downward into the Sharps Terminator® in a downward motion,
3. Wait 3 seconds.
The Sharps Terminator® destroys needle entirely and leaves the user with only syringe plastic in his/her hand. One can’t suffer a sharps injury if there is no sharp remaining. You can now single-handedly save a life by protecting your employees with Sharps Terminator® technology.
UK Royal College of Nursing advice on hierarchy of needlestick prevention measures
If a needle must be used, engineering controls are judged to be the most effective. The Sharps Terminator® is the highest level of engineering control commercially available in the workplace that is sufficiently cost effective and reliable to warrant use.
A key part of your sharps protocol
Research shows that up to 82% of sharps injuries are preventable, and U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration suggests the consistent and correct use of personal protective equipment and other safety procedures will reduce injury rates. Incorporating the Sharps Terminator® One-Handed Technique into your current processes will lower this high and unnecessary percentage.
Your responsibility
EU Council Directive 2010/32/EU expands provider responsibilities for reducing sharps risks at the workplace. Some of the preventive measures prescribed are:
- providing medical devices
- incorporating safety-engineered protection mechanisms
- implementing safe systems of work
- implementing safe procedures for using and disposing medical sharps
- banning the recapping
- using personal protective equipment
Using the Sharps Terminator® One-handed Technique in conjunction with your other sharps safety measures will help insure compliance with the EU directive by the May 2013 implementation date.