That is correct, safety devices are ONLY for HEATHCARE workers. But this still does not answer the question of WHY the family wants the non-safety lancets used in the LTC facility. The OSHA requirements do apply to Homecare and LTC healthcare workers (cnas, nurses, etc) but not if a patient is using them for themselves. This applys to lancets, needles, etc.
As far as safety devices being universal, even though the OSHA regulation was inacted in 2001, there are still MANY LTC facilities, home care agencies and some hospitals that do not use safety devices or do not use them in every area, when there are safety devices available.
The bottom line is $$$$$$$$ and administrators will continue to put budget before employee safety as long as we let them.
Chris Cavanaugh, CRNI
----- Original Message -----
From: Nadine Nakazawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:55 pm
Subject: Re: needle safety
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> If it is purchased retail for an individual patient, those insulin
> syringes
> are NON-safety. It has to do with the extra expense for safety
> insulin
> syringes, and patients' insurance WILL NOT pay for the safety
> ones. We
> learned about this problem from our Diabetes CNS who HAS to use
> what the
> patients will use when doing teaching at the bedside. She got a
> needlestick, so she was trying to figure out a way to keep her
> safe with
> these non-safety insulin needles. She came up with using t!
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