Safe Injection Practices

Do not use medications packaged as _______-________ for more than one patient. (Tip-Only type one of the two possible solutions in lower case and hyphenated.)

Syringes can be reused as long as you don't get blood in it.

• A.

  True

• B.

  False

Unsafe injection practices have devastating consequences such as: (select all that apply)

• A.

  Patient illness and death

• B.

  Loss of clinician licenses

• C.

  Legal charges/malpractice suits

• D.

  Criminal charges

• E.

  The Air Force cannot be sued for medical malpractice

Single-dose or single-use vials should not be used for more than one patient regardless of how much medicine is remaining.

• A.

  True

• B.

  False

Germs such as hepatitis C virus, staph, and MRSA are invisible to the naked eye but can easily infect patients even when present in microscopic quantities.

• A.

  True

• B.

  False

In just one clinic 50,000 people were exposed to infection due to the reuse of syringes.  How many patients were they able to notify?

• A.

  1,000 patients

• B.

  Half the patients

• C.

  All the patients were notified

• D.

  They weren't able to contact any of the patients.

It is okay to reuse a syringe as long as you are only using it to draw up medications or vaccines.

• A.

  True

• B.

  False

Follow proper infection control practices and maintain __________ technique during the preparation and administration of injected medications.

Changing the needle makes a syringe safe for reuse.

• A.

  True

• B.

  False

While preparing a medication you drop the syringe on the floor. What should your next action be?

• A.

  You pick it up in under 5 seconds to prevent the transfer of germs.

• B.

  You discard it.

• C.

  You rinse it off in the sink with soap and water.

• D.

  You wipe it off with Sani-Wipes to disinfect it.