Sharp object injury reports by location category

Epinet

Patient Room

Total Cases: 3392

JOB CATEGORY
M.D. (attending/staff)	48	1%
M.D. (intern/resident/fellow)	140	4%
Medical student	10	0%
Nurse RN/LPN	2266	67%
Nursing student	49	1%
Respiratory therapist	66	2%
Surgery attendant	8	0%
Other attendant	171	5%
Phlebotomist/venipuncture/I.V. team	290	9%
Clinical laboratory worker	62	2%
Technologist (non-lab)	26	1%
Dentist	1	0%
Dental hygienist	1	0%
Housekeeper/laundry worker	123	4%
Paramedic	0	0%
Other student	9	0%
Other	120	4%
( 1 missing)

PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
Where did the injury occur in the institution?
Patient room	3392	100%
Outside patient room	0	0%
Emergency department	0	0%
Intensive/critical care unit	0	0%
Operating room	0	0%
Outpatient clinic/office	0	0%
Blood bank	0	0%
Venipuncture	0	0%
Dialysis facility	0	0%
Procedure room	0	0%
Clinical laboratories	0	0%
Autopsy/pathology	0	0%
Service/utility area	0	0%
Labor and delivery	0	0%
Home	0	0%
Other	0	0%
( 0 missing)

ORIGINAL USER
Was the injured worker the original user of the sharp item?
Yes	2372	70%
No	903	27%
Unknown	46	1%
N/A	60	2%
( 10 missing)

ORIGINAL PURPOSE
For what purpose was the sharp item originally used?
Unknown, N/A	229	7%
Injection, IM/subcutaneous	737	22%
Heparin or saline flush	321	9%
Other injection/aspiration I.V.	270	8%
Connect I.V. line	329	10%
Start I.V. or heparin lock	305	9%
Draw venous blood sample	599	18%
Draw arterial blood sample	89	3%
Obtain body fluid/tissue sample	59	2%
Fingerstick/heel stick	147	4%
Suturing	57	2%
Cutting (surgery)	22	1%
Electrocautery	2	0%
Contain specimen/pharmaceutical	14	0%
Place arterial line	4	0%
Fingernails/teeth	48	1%
Other	158	5%
( 2 missing)

HOW INJURY OCCURRED
Did the injury occur:
Before use	0	0%
During use	738	22%
Between steps	261	8%
Disassembling	247	7%
Preparing for reuse	8	0%
Recapping	185	5%
Withdrawing from resistant material	240	7%
Other after use, before disposal	964	28%
Item left on disposal container	40	1%
Putting item into disposal container	326	10%
After disposal	103	3%
Pierced side of disposal container	5	0%
Pierced side of inappropriate disposal container	63	2%
Restraining	21	1%
Other	181	5%
( 9 missing)

DEVICE
What device or item caused the injury?
Disposable syringe	1361	40%
Prefilled cartridge syringe	229	7%
Blood gas syringe	47	1%
Syringe, other type or not sure which	60	2%
Needle on I.V. line	343	10%
Winged steel needle I.V. set	195	6%
I.V. catheter (stylet)	266	8%
Vacuum tube blood collection needle	231	7%
Spinal or epidural needle	6	0%
Unattached hypodermic needle	46	1%
Arterial catheter introducer needle	1	0%
Central line catheter introducer needle	1	0%
Drum catheter needle	0	0%
Other vascular catheter needle	3	0%
Other non-vascular catheter needle	0	0%
Needle, not sure what kind	90	3%
Other needle	86	3%
.
Lancet	143	4%
Suture needle	49	1%
Scalpel blade	28	1%
Razor	26	1%
Pipette (plastic)	1	0%
Scissors	12	0%
Bovie electrocautery device	0	0%
Bone cutter	0	0%
Bone chip	0	0%
Towel clip	0	0%
Microtome blade	1	0%
Trocar	1	0%
Vacuum tube, plastic	2	0%
Specimen/test tube, plastic	0	0%
Fingernails/teeth	51	2%
Scalpel, disposable	4	0%
Retractor, skin/bone hooks	0	0%
Staples/steel sutures	3	0%
Wire	0	0%
Pin	1	0%
Drill bit/bur	0	0%
Pickups/forcepts/hemostats/clamps	2	0%
Sharp item, not sure what kind	14	0%
Other item	35	1%
.
Medication ampule	4	0%
Medication vial (small)	0	0%
Medication/I.V. bottle (large)	0	0%
Pipette, glass	0	0%
Vacuum tube, glass	2	0%
Specimen/test tube, glass	3	0%
Capillary tube	0	0%
Glass slide	0	0%
Glass item, not sure what kind	0	0%
Other glass item	3	0%
( 40 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	3392	100%
( 0 missing)

OSHA
Is this incident OSHA reportable?
Yes	583	17%
No	1769	52%
( 1036 missing)

For those cases that are OSHA reportable:
Cumulative number of days away from work:	1
Cumulative number of days of restricted work activity:	0

University of Virginia Health System