Application situation, existing problems, and improvement ideas of sharps containers

Abstract:

Sharp injury is a common occupational injury occurs in hospital, it is also an important way for health care workers to be infected with blood-borne pathogens, standardized use of sharps containers can effectively prevent the occurrence of sharp injury. Sharps containers are widely used in China, but the specifications are limited and the products are single, there is still room for improving safety performance. In view of the problems existing in clinical use, Chinese scholars have made a lot of improvements on sharps containers. The author suggests that relevant units should consider the design concept of clinic to develop and popularize more reasonable safe sharps containers for clinical application, and take other comprehensive behavioral control measures, so as to effectively reduce the occurrence of sharp injury.