Sharp object injury reports by job category

Epinet

Nurse RN/LPN

Total Cases: 4680

JOB CATEGORY
M.D. (attending/staff)	0	0%
M.D. (intern/resident/fellow)	0	0%
Medical student	0	0%
Nurse RN/LPN	4680	100%
Nursing student	0	0%
Respiratory therapist	0	0%
Surgery attendant	0	0%
Other attendant	0	0%
Phlebotomist/venipuncture/I.V. team	0	0%
Clinical laboratory worker	0	0%
Technologist (non-lab)	0	0%
Dentist	0	0%
Dental hygienist	0	0%
Housekeeper/laundry worker	0	0%
Paramedic	0	0%
Other student	0	0%
Other	0	0%
( 0 missing)

PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
Where did the injury occur in the institution?
Patient room	2266	48%
Outside patient room	130	3%
Emergency department	325	7%
Intensive/critical care unit	508	11%
Operating room	681	15%
Outpatient clinic/office	186	4%
Blood bank	2	0%
Venipuncture	12	0%
Dialysis facility	34	1%
Procedure room	124	3%
Clinical laboratories	7	0%
Autopsy/pathology	0	0%
Service/utility area	17	0%
Labor and delivery	42	1%
Home	123	3%
Other	222	5%
( 1 missing)

ORIGINAL USER
Was the injured worker the original user of the sharp item?
Yes	2930	63%
No	1578	34%
Unknown	84	2%
N/A	75	2%
( 12 missing)

ORIGINAL PURPOSE
For what purpose was the sharp item originally used?
Unknown, N/A	254	5%
Injection, IM/subcutaneous	1021	22%
Heparin or saline flush	395	8%
Other injection/aspiration I.V.	447	10%
Connect I.V. line	393	8%
Start I.V. or heparin lock	490	10%
Draw venous blood sample	462	10%
Draw arterial blood sample	89	2%
Obtain body fluid/tissue sample	66	1%
Fingerstick/heel stick	172	4%
Suturing	254	5%
Cutting (surgery)	216	5%
Electrocautery	15	0%
Contain specimen/pharmaceutical	16	0%
Place arterial line	2	0%
Fingernails/teeth	44	1%
Other	338	7%
( 6 missing)

HOW INJURY OCCURRED
Did the injury occur:
Before use	0	0%
During use	986	21%
Between steps	486	10%
Disassembling	381	8%
Preparing for reuse	43	1%
Recapping	226	5%
Withdrawing from resistant material	345	7%
Other after use, before disposal	1292	28%
Item left on disposal container	37	1%
Putting item into disposal container	419	9%
After disposal	133	3%
Pierced side of disposal container	9	0%
Pierced side of inappropriate disposal container	35	1%
Restraining	22	0%
Other	244	5%
( 21 missing)

DEVICE
What device or item caused the injury?
Disposable syringe	1793	38%
Prefilled cartridge syringe	317	7%
Blood gas syringe	19	0%
Syringe, other type or not sure which	69	1%
Needle on I.V. line	406	9%
Winged steel needle I.V. set	174	4%
I.V. catheter (stylet)	426	9%
Vacuum tube blood collection needle	162	3%
Spinal or epidural needle	15	0%
Unattached hypodermic needle	84	2%
Arterial catheter introducer needle	3	0%
Central line catheter introducer needle	5	0%
Drum catheter needle	0	0%
Other vascular catheter needle	5	0%
Other non-vascular catheter needle	1	0%
Needle, not sure what kind	88	2%
Other needle	117	3%
.
Lancet	162	3%
Suture needle	236	5%
Scalpel blade	199	4%
Razor	34	1%
Pipette (plastic)	1	0%
Scissors	29	1%
Bovie electrocautery device	15	0%
Bone cutter	1	0%
Bone chip	2	0%
Towel clip	6	0%
Microtome blade	3	0%
Trocar	11	0%
Vacuum tube, plastic	3	0%
Specimen/test tube, plastic	5	0%
Fingernails/teeth	51	1%
Scalpel, disposable	13	0%
Retractor, skin/bone hooks	19	0%
Staples/steel sutures	4	0%
Wire	4	0%
Pin	7	0%
Drill bit/bur	4	0%
Pickups/forcepts/hemostats/clamps	8	0%
Sharp item, not sure what kind	21	0%
Other item	75	2%
.
Medication ampule	7	0%
Medication vial (small)	0	0%
Medication/I.V. bottle (large)	2	0%
Pipette, glass	1	0%
Vacuum tube, glass	4	0%
Specimen/test tube, glass	2	0%
Capillary tube	2	0%
Glass slide	0	0%
Glass item, not sure what kind	2	0%
Other glass item	7	0%
( 50 missing)

SAFETY DESIGN
If the item causing the injury was a needle, was it a safety design with a shielded, recessed, or retractable needle?
Yes	0	0%
No/not applicable	4680	100%
( 0 missing)

OSHA
Is this incident OSHA reportable?
Yes	776	17%
No	2249	48%
( 1649 missing)

For those cases that are OSHA reportable:
Cumulative number of days away from work:	2
Cumulative number of days of restricted work activity:	9

University of Virginia Health System