Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Learn about the federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act that was passed.
• Learn what is required for an exposure control plan.
• Learn what are the best ideas for getting doctors and nurses to try new safety devices.
• Find out options to comply with OSHA request that multi-use blood drawing sets no longer be used.
• Discover how to find out about the newest safety products.
• Learn how to track sharps injuries and comply with reporting regulations.
• Understand how to get such departments as anesthesiology, surgery and pediatric involved with clinical product evaluations.
• Review over 100 safety medical devices and discuss them.
• Learn how to get administrative and purchasing office support.
• Understand how to work with purchasing contracts that do not provide the devices that your clinicians would like.
• Acquire the skills to work with clinicians who refuse to use safety devices.
• Get information on how to identify, evaluate and select safety devices in 14 different function categories such as lancets, IM injectable, I.V. connectors, etc.
• Learn how to evaluate the effectiveness of safety medical devices.
• Get information on several methods of training staff concerning safety devices.
• Learn about OSHA's BBP inspection methods.

This program has consistently garnered a satisfaction rating of 4.8 out of a possible 5.0. Over 80% of the participants have been infection control practitioners. Comments from participants of this workshop include: “This session really helped me figure out what safety devices to consider”-“I didn’t know that we only had a few changes to make to the plan to be in compliance”- “The day flew by. The presenters basically facilitated good discussions among the audience.” - “ This was practical information that I can use right now”- “We are just starting to conduct clinical trials on safety devices. This helped a lot.” - “I don’t know how they did it but they made regulatory compliance fun to discuss.”