OSHA Required Sharps Injury Prevention Training
Video Training
Category: OSHA
Title: OSHA Required Sharps Injury Prevention Training
Presenter: Cathy Montgomery, RN, CASC President of Excellentia Advisory Group
Cathy has over 20 years of experience in healthcare services management. During her position as Regional Manager for Barnes Hospital, Cathy oversaw several physician practices. As Regional Administrator for Novamed, she oversaw operations of the physician practices, as well as the ambulatory surgery centers and optical shops in the Metro St. Louis and Illinois areas. Under her direction, a state-of-the-art refractive surgery center was also designed and opened in St. Louis, MO.
Cathy is Founder and President of Excellentia Advisory Group, a consulting and development company serving both the surgical industry through ASC’s as well as surgical hospitals and office-based surgical practices. Cathy’s passion has been teaching compliance to CMS Conditions of Coverage, AAAHC accreditation, and assisting ASCs with their survey readiness.
Description: This presentation is by Cathy Montgomery and will review Sharps Training for ambulatory surgery centers as well as other medical facilities utilizing any kind of Sharps. This training includes a brief discussion of two customizable Power Point presentations that Cathy has created for (1) Clinical Staff training and (2) your non-clinical staff and contractor training.
The OVERVIEW of Cathy’s seminar presentation is about:
Topics of Discussion:
* Consequences of not training staff on Sharps Injury Prevention.
* CDC Directives.
* Employee Exposure Ranking.
* How & Why Sharps Injuries occur.
* Discussion of Clinical Staff Training Vs. Non-clinical staff training.
Note-taking version of this PowerPoint Presentation. CLICK HERE to download.
Other handouts associated with this presentation can be downloaded by selecting/clicking:
1. Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Report Form
2. Powerpoint Presentation: Clinical Staff Training
3. Cover Letter - Staff Survey
4. IV Access Devices-Safety Feature Evaluation Form
5. Powerpoint Presentation: Non-Clinical Staff Training
6. Occupation Specific Rate Adjustment Calculation Worksheet
8. OSHA Employee Exposure Determination
10. OSHA 3642
11. Sharps Injury Hazard Observations During Environmental Rounds
12. Sharps Injury Prevention Program Action Plan
13. Summary: Survey of Healthcare Personnel on Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids
14. Summary: Survey to Measure Healthcare Personnel's Perceptions of a Culture of Safety
15. Survey of Healthcare Personnel on Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids
16. Survey to Measure Healthcare Personnel's Perceptions of a Culture of Safety
17. Theft Policy
18. Worksheet for Estimating Device Specific Percutaneous Injury Costs
19. Worksheet for Estimating the Annual and Average Cost of Needlesticks and Other Sharps Injuries
Once you and any/all staff have reviewed this presentation, you will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Participation worth one Credit Hour of continuing education. You simply contact us at events@excellentiagroup.com requesting your certificates, using the Certificate Request Form found in the link below. You will need to provide a typed list of all participants first and last names, position title (RN ,BSN, etc.), license numbers (if professionals) and date of completion.
* Excellentia Advisory Group LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 15481: Issue Date: 4/6/2010;
CLICK HERE for Certificate Request Form