Sharps Injury Prevention Root Cause Analysis Action Plan

When handling a needle, scalpel, syringes or other sharp tools, medical professionals need to be careful not to penetrate the protective equipment and the skin. Professionals should go through extensive training on how to avoid a needlestick injury by proper disposal of sharps into a sharps container. These types of accidents can lead to the risk of exposure to diseases such as Hepatitis C virus, Hepatitis B virus, HIV infection, another virus or host of other blood-borne diseases. The app for Sharps Injury Prevention Root Cause Analysis Action Plan should be used by medical professionals after the reporting of an incident. The root cause analysis will look for the root of the problem through a series of questions around contributing factors, and determine an action plan based on those results. The action plan will establish a hierarchy of controls that focus on patient safety, safer needle devices, how to reduce the risk of blood exposure and possibly more training on how to prevent a needle stick injury.