Sharps Container at Kaiser

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Hello everyone,

I took my son to see a dermitologist at Kaiser and was wondering if the sharps container mounted on the wall could be physically accessed from the top with the hand.

My son was left unattended for a few and now I'm freaking out!

Thank you so much.

Specializes in LTC.

At our nursing station and on our IV trays we use sharps containers that can be easily accessed, but in all of our patients rooms we use secured boxes.

As other people said, if you are desperate to get into a sharps container you probably can. This is why you keep a vigilant eye on your kids in this kind of setting.

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This one was placed on the wall and had a lock on the right hand side.

Looked something like this:

http://www.mountainside-medical.com/images/thumb/Kendall_8509SA_Sharps.jpg

Thanks!

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Specializes in OB.

GM - Did your child have an unexplained injury that makes you think he accessed the sharps container?

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GM - Did your child have an unexplained injury that makes you think he accessed the sharps container?

Nothing I can tell.

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If your child has no visible marks on the body that appeared after the office visit, what is your concern? What is the age of the child and why were they left alone in a patient room?.. Very curious.

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GM1987-I became intrigued by your posts and checked to see what other posts have been made by you. Feb. 19, 2007 you started a post about HIV+ needle sticks that took so many twists and turns, after 8 pages someone cried BS and the thread was closed for review. What is your obvious obsession with needle sticks? Also, at this point I have a hard time believing you are even a nursing student:(. So what is your interest in "accidental needle sticks?"

:clown: Could someone else check this out? This post is fishy!

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I have to echo above poster's concern. To have two incidents of possibly being exposed to HIV infected blood in a one year period is certainly out of the norm. While we want to assist posters, we want to ensure we know enough info to provide good information.

Please explain yourself.

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