Needlestick or Sharps Injury — What to Do Now
Wash, report, assess, treat within 2 hours. Pocket card and wall poster on one sheet
What it is
The immediate steps after a sharps or splash exposure: first aid, reporting, source assessment, hepatitis B and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis timing, testing and follow-up — with the facility's contact numbers to fill in.
Where to use it
Beside every sharps box and in every treatment room; pocket card for all clinical staff. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — occupational safety (sharps injury management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — occupational safety (sharps injury management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — occupational safety (sharps injury management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — occupational safety (sharps injury management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — occupational safety (sharps injury management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — occupational safety (sharps injury management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — occupational safety (sharps injury management).
Translate and adapt
English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.
The same code is printed on the tool itself. Scan it in any facility to reach this page.
Healthcare Waste — Segregate at the Point of Generation
Waste Management — Monthly Ward Audit
Blood and Body-Fluid Spill — Clean-Up Card
Safe Injection Practices — One Needle, One Syringe, One Patient, One Time
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