Safety glasses

I have often felt the need for safety glasses dont always wear them but was thinking about starting. I notice when using retractable needles you get blood splatter. So often when removing the needle before I press to retract I close my eyes cause dont have glasses on. Always would have to say on the two rare times I irrigated the bladder I got some splatter too. So your right there is a risk of splatter and having been thinking of getting some glasses since I dont see any on the unit.

Angela

Just one more ugly thing to wear but it can be helpful.......I hated glasses since I was a kid.............guess I will have to get over it for my own good......hehe

Just one more ugly thing to wear but it can be helpful.......I hated glasses since I was a kid.............guess I will have to get over it for my own good......hehe

Lol, I'm not really one to talk, I got part way through a chemistry degree and wore safety glasses as little as possible (I wear glasses, so I got away with it). It was bad though, especially since I was the one whose experiments would always do random stuff...like explode. :chuckle Guess it's a good thing I changed career paths!

We wore face shields when I worked in Dialysis..cause your chances of getting "hit" were pretty good!! Now it is pretty rare that I even come close to getting splashed where I am now. The problem is by the time you "think" it might happen it is usually to late and you are already hit. Maybe not a bad idea to have for more "invasive" procedures.

I wear glasses when doing endotracheal suctioning, extubating, stripping the haemo machines, removing chest drains... thats about it. Although I got a face full of transfusion blood the other day when disconnecting a line with a bionector connection; I wouldn't usually wear glasses in that instance and luckily didn't go anywhere near my eyes or mouth. I think it's basically up to us, my unit provides unlimited numbers of them so it is up to us to use them or not. :)

The use of safety glasses/goggles or face shields is common in the OR and in deliveries where splashing of amniotic fluid and blood (especially when the cord is cut) is common.

A patient spit a droplet in my eye two years ago. He didnt even know he had done it. Nonetheless, i went out and bought a pair of glasses with no prescription in the lenses to wear at work. They arent big nor actual safety glasses.....They just look like a regular pair of glasses, and i get the same protection that those who have prescription glasses receive. I felt like this was a great idea that all nurses should adopt. Though i have only gotten spit in my eye once in nearly 17 years, once could be one time too many!

Hey guys -

I'm in my last semester of nursing school (graduate in May - yay!) and just today I had blood splashed directly into my eyes while a surgeon was suturing a woman's uterus following a c-section. I was standing a full 6-7 feet away from the table and didn't think it was necessary to have anything more than a mask covering my face. I tell you what, I have learned my lesson. Luckily the pt was negative for any blood-born pathogens but I am already looking for safety glasses to have on me from now on. Who cares what anybody else thinks about how you look or what you're doing - it's YOUR'S and your family's safety so do whatever you need to.