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Epinet

Needle on IV Line

Total Cases: 536

JOB CATEGORY
M.D. (attending/staff)	6	1%
M.D. (intern/resident/fellow)	3	1%
Medical student	0	0%
Nurse RN/LPN	406	76%
Nursing student	12	2%
Respiratory therapist	3	1%
Surgery attendant	5	1%
Other attendant	43	8%
Phlebotomist/venipuncture/I.V. team	3	1%
Clinical laboratory worker	1	0%
Technologist (non-lab)	15	3%
Dentist	0	0%
Dental hygienist	0	0%
Housekeeper/laundry worker	15	3%
Paramedic	0	0%
Other student	1	0%
Other	21	4%
( 1 missing)

PLACE OF OCCURRENCE
Where did the injury occur in the institution?
Patient room	343	64%
Outside patient room	11	2%
Emergency department	27	5%
Intensive/critical care unit	76	14%
Operating room	19	4%
Outpatient clinic/office	1	0%
Blood bank	0	0%
Venipuncture	1	0%
Dialysis facility	7	1%
Procedure room	16	3%
Clinical laboratories	0	0%
Autopsy/pathology	1	0%
Service/utility area	4	1%
Labor and delivery	2	0%
Home	9	2%
Other	18	3%
( 1 missing)

ORIGINAL USER
Was the injured worker the original user of the sharp item?
Yes	220	41%
No	290	54%
Unknown	20	4%
N/A	4	1%
( 2 missing)

ORIGINAL PURPOSE
For what purpose was the sharp item originally used?
Unknown, N/A	6	1%
Injection, IM/subcutaneous	0	0%
Heparin or saline flush	5	1%
Other injection/aspiration I.V.	15	3%
Connect I.V. line	486	91%
Start I.V. or heparin lock	13	2%
Draw venous blood sample	3	1%
Draw arterial blood sample	0	0%
Obtain body fluid/tissue sample	0	0%
Fingerstick/heel stick	0	0%
Suturing	0	0%
Cutting (surgery)	0	0%
Electrocautery	0	0%
Contain specimen/pharmaceutical	0	0%
Place arterial line	0	0%
Fingernails/teeth	0	0%
Other	8	0%
( 0 missing)

HOW INJURY OCCURRED
Did the injury occur:
Before use	0	0%
During use	108	20%
Between steps	42	8%
Disassembling	102	19%
Preparing for reuse	4	1%
Recapping	33	6%
Withdrawing from resistant material	69	13%
Other after use, before disposal	100	19%
Item left on disposal container	6	1%
Putting item into disposal container	14	3%
After disposal	5	1%
Pierced side of disposal container	1	0%
Pierced side of inappropriate disposal container	17	3%
Restraining	0	0%
Other	32	6%
( 3 missing)

DEVICE
What device or item caused the injury?
Disposable syringe	0	0%
Prefilled cartridge syringe	0	0%
Blood gas syringe	0	0%
Syringe, other type or not sure which	0	0%
Needle on I.V. line	536	100%
Winged steel needle I.V. set	0	0%
I.V. catheter (stylet)	0	0%
Vacuum tube blood collection needle	0	0%
Spinal or epidural needle	0	0%
Unattached hypodermic needle	0	0%
Arterial catheter introducer needle	0	0%
Central line catheter introducer needle	0	0%
Drum catheter needle	0	0%
Other vascular catheter needle	0	0%
Other non-vascular catheter needle	0	0%
Needle, not sure what kind	0	0%
Other needle	0	0%
.
Lancet	0	0%
Suture needle	0	0%
Scalpel blade	0	0%
Razor	0	0%
Pipette (plastic)	0	0%
Scissors	0	0%
Bovie electrocautery device	0	0%
Bone cutter	0	0%
Bone chip	0	0%
Towel clip	0	0%
Microtome blade	0	0%
Trocar	0	0%
Vacuum tube, plastic	0	0%
Specimen/test tube, plastic	0	0%
Fingernails/teeth	0	0%
Scalpel, disposable	0	0%
Retractor, skin/bone hooks	0	0%
Staples/steel sutures	0	0%
Wire	0	0%
Pin	0	0%
Drill bit/bur	0	0%
Pickups/forcepts/hemostats/clamps	0	0%
Sharp item, not sure what kind	0	0%
Other item	0	0%
.
Medication ampule	0	0%
Medication vial (small)	0	0%
Medication/I.V. bottle (large)	0	0%
Pipette, glass	0	0%
Vacuum tube, glass	0	0%
Specimen/test tube, glass	0	0%
Capillary tube	0	0%
Glass slide	0	0%
Glass item, not sure what kind	0	0%
Other glass item	0	0%
( 0 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	536	100%
( 0 missing)

OSHA
Is this incident OSHA reportable?
Yes	74	14%
No	320	60%
( 141 missing)

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