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Essential Safety Practices for Injections

The document outlines general safety practices for healthcare workers, focusing on hand hygiene, glove usage, and skin preparation. It emphasizes the importance of using non-sterile, single-use gloves during procedures and proper disinfection techniques before injections. Additionally, it highlights the need for careful handling of injection devices and prevention of sharp injuries through proper waste management.

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Essential Safety Practices for Injections

The document outlines general safety practices for healthcare workers, focusing on hand hygiene, glove usage, and skin preparation. It emphasizes the importance of using non-sterile, single-use gloves during procedures and proper disinfection techniques before injections. Additionally, it highlights the need for careful handling of injection devices and prevention of sharp injuries through proper waste management.

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General safety practices

1. Hand Hygiene

Before and after putting on gloves

Avoid if skin integrity compromised


2. Gloves

Wear non-sterile, well-fitting, single-use

gloves

When performing venepuncture or venous

access injections.

If the health worker’s skin is NOT intact

If the patient’s skin is NOT intact


3. Skin preparation and disinfection

Wipe the area from the center of the

injection site working outwards, without


going over the same area.

Apply the solution for 30 seconds then

allow it to dry completely.


DO NOT pre-soak cotton wool in a container

DO NOT use alcohol skin disinfection for


administration of vaccinations.
Injection devices and
medications
1. Injection devices

Use a new device for each procedure

Inspect the packaging of the device to

ensure that the protective barrier has not


been breached

Discard the device if the package has been


punctured, torn or damaged
2. Preparing Injection

Keep the preparation site clean

Clean the septum with ethanol

Time of piercing vial/reconstitution


3. Prevention of sharp injuries

Recapping

Biomedical waste management

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