Ansell, a protective solutions provider, has developed a new education module, Prevention of Sharps Injuries in the Healthcare Setting, to support the European Union Directive (2010/32/EU) for implementing the Framework Agreement on prevention of sharp injuries in the healthcare sector.
The education module supports compliance by providing healthcare workers with best practices for protecting against sharps injuries and reducing the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens. The sharps injuries education module is the seventh course developed and sponsored by the company that is accredited by the EORNA ACE (Accreditation Council for Education), the independent European body for nursing event accreditation, hosted by the European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA). The module will provide nurses 0.7 accreditation points upon completion. “The majority of sharps injuries occur to nurses because they are most likely to be carrying out procedures using sharps. The main objective of EORNA is to educate healthcare workers on ways to enhance the standard of care for patients in the perioperative environment, and to promote staff welfare,” said Caroline Higgins, president, EORNA. “It is our pleasure to partner with Ansell in achieving this goal.” Visit: www.ansell.com/education to download a pdf of the module.
