Safe Injection Practices - California

HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS PROGRAM

Safe Injection Practices

Last Updated 2015

Basics of Infection Prevention

Healthcare-Associated Infections Program

Center for Health Care Quality

California Department of Public Health

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Objectives

? Discuss the risks associated with unsafe injection

practices

? Promote use of the Injection Safety Checklist

? Discuss a safety culture for healthcare workers

? Describe methods to create an institution-wide

program for injection safety

? List resources for a Safe Injection Practices (SIP)

program

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Hepatitis B and C Outbreaks Associated with

Unsafe Infection Practices

44 outbreaks of hepatitis B and C were identified in nonhospital settings in the U.S. from 2008-2014

? Six outbreaks were in California

¨C 2678 persons notified and screened

¨C 27 cases of Hepatitis B or C identified

? The outbreaks occurred in

¨C 2 skilled nursing facilities

¨C 2 assisted living facilities

¨C 1 pain management clinic

¨C 1 outpatient dialysis clinic

CDC, 2015

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Hepatitis B and C Outbreaks Associated with

Unsafe Infection Practices -2

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According to CDC, the California outbreaks

occurred because of injection safety breaches at

the facilities, including:

¨C Reuse of syringes

¨C Contaminated medication vials used for more

than one patient

¨C Use of single-dose vials for more than one

patient

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What are Safe Injection Practices?

A set of measures to perform injections in an

optimally safe manner for patients, healthcare

providers, and others.

? Prevent transmission of infection from

¨C Patient to provider

¨C Provider to patient

¨C Patient to patient

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