michelecl

According to our policy we are supposed to have safety needles but our RD is oblivious to this(well at least until tomorrow, I copied it and left it for her). Also the policy is to have a sharps in each room which I also fixed yesterday by ordering them(so saying that we do not have sharps in the rooms). The only sharps we have is on the med cart which is left in the hallway because the rooms are not large enough with all of their personal items in the room to bring in. My RD said that she would give the injection and walk to the hall to put in the sharps, meaning carrying an uncapped, used needle in a place where residents, visitors and staff are walking around, he reply was that it is a small needle and it would bend and not hurt. Well this is the same issue we started talking about, a stick with a used needle. According to CDC recommendations if a sharps is not readily available the scoop method is to be used. I am not upset about the write up, I want the company to take responsibility for not providing us with the proper equipment that is required by OSHA law. I agree if I had properly done the scoop method and did not have my other hand close to the needle this would not have happened, but if we had the correct equipment this also would not have happened.

i am an lpn in an assisted living facility. i am currently 28 days away from graduation for my rn. i have worked in this facility for about 8 mths and in that time i have asked for safety insulin needles from our don and rd. we are on our 3rd rd and i have been asking her for 2 mths for the same thing. i have been saying this is dangerous and it is the law, someone is going to get stuck, because i was taught in school to use the scoop method for safety of pts and visitors as well as yourself. . well this week the needle slipped on the table and jammed through the cap and my other hand was poked. my rd is writing me up for improper procedure, when everything i have researched says that the scoop method is to be used when needed(and in this case since this facility i work in says they do not have to provide us with safety needles). any advice is needed. i refused to sign the write up because the company is also in the wrong by allowing use to work in unsafe conditions.

I am an LPN in an assisted living facility. I am currently 28 days away from graduation for my RN. I have worked in this facility for about 8 mths and in that time I have asked for safety insulin needles from our DON and RD. We are on our 3rd RD and I have been asking her for 2 mths for the same thing. I have been saying this is dangerous and it is the law, someone is going to get stuck, because I was taught in school to use the scoop method for safety of pts and visitors as well as yourself. . Well this week the needle slipped on the table and jammed through the cap and my other hand was poked. My RD is writing me up for improper procedure, when everything I have researched says that the scoop method is to be used when needed(and in this case since this facility I work in says they do not have to provide us with safety needles). Any advice is needed. I refused to sign the write up because the company is also in the wrong by allowing use to work in unsafe conditions.