According to the investigation report on nurses’ sharp injuries, 16.48% occurred when the sharps were placed in the sharps box, and the probability of sharps injuries in the link of “putting the needle into the sharps box” was so high, people have to wonder whether the occurrence of occupational exposure, in addition to the nurse’s incorrect operation, is also related to the location of the sharps box?

We found that some hospital sharps boxes are placed next to infectious waste cans, placed on the ground or directly on the trash cans, may also be placed in some corners, or placed on the bottom of the treatment cart, etc., when nurses discard sharp objects, needles, due to narrow space, poor light, line of sight occlusion, etc., it is very easy to cause sharp injuries, and these phenomena lead to a question, what position should the sharps box be placed to reduce sharps injuries?

In fact, the sharps box should be placed as conspicuously as possible close to the workplace, and there is a certain space, bright light, no visual obstruction, so that the shorter the interval between the completion of the operation and the insertion of the needle into the sharps box, the more effective it is to avoid sharps injuries.

In some hospitals, the nursing department stipulates that the sharps box must be placed on the bottom of the treatment cart (considering the problem of clean and contaminated areas), and the nurse must bend over and bow when throwing the sharps to operate, the bottom layer of the treatment cart is relatively low, the sharps box is not fixed, easy to shift, and visually occlused, it is very difficult to accurately throw the needle into the sharps box. In addition, when the needle is inserted into the teardrop-shaped hole, the syringe nipple cannot be detached from the needle due to the obstruction of the upper partition of the treatment cart, and it is also very easy to be stabbed during operation.

And if the sharps box is directly placed on the ground, it does not meet the requirements of ergonomics, bending over the operation, not only is it not easy to throw it in accurately, but also easy to expose the needle, causing other people’s sharps damage.

As mentioned earlier, the sharps box should not be placed directly on the ground or the lower layer of the treatment car, so it is necessary to make a shelf or a countertop to place the sharps box, although it is not required to reach the ideal height of foreign research when discarding when standing, but it should also make the operator discard the sharps safe enough, to ensure a certain space, bright light, and no obstruction on the road.

After interviewing the nurses, we believe that the height of the sharps box is equivalent to the height of the treatment table, that is, the sharps can be accurately discarded into the sharps box by bending down slightly, and it is convenient to close the sharps box when it is 3/4 full or needs to be packed, of course, the specific optimal height needs further research. As for whether the closed sharps box can be placed on the ground? There are no hard and fast rules.

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