Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 15, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 15, 2015 anyone else do this: If a provider leaves a sharp on a tray and it is found by a nurse or tech the guilty party owes the person who found it a 6 pack of their beverage of choice. I make my students do this and for the first time in a long time I got hit with it last week. fortunately, the tech only wanted a 6 pack of Snapple kiwi-strawberry...if nothing else, it's a good learning tool. I have seen this applied in other environments as well like scuba class. leave a lone tank (not in a bc or holder) standing upright you owe the person who catches it a 6 pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted September 15, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 15, 2015 even on the busiest of shifts I would always clean my own sharps (but not the rest of the bloody mess) - If for some reason (usually the nurse being right there telling me I have to go somewhere NOW) I would point out each and every sharp, showing the nurse where it is, and making sure they see me..... only did this a few times.... never lost that one, but followed the same rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted September 15, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 15, 2015 Haven't heard this rule, but I like it. I'd like to think that each and every time I've finished a procedure I've always immediately disposed of all sharps, but I'm sure I've missed one or two during my time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmood Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDoc123 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Nice! Never heard of this but will have to start using it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Good idea...I always make it a point of cleaning up my own mess AND doing the dishes (time permitting). When I was a medic in the Army, had more than my fare share of times when I was on CSR duty where some dolt would send back a dirty tray for resterilization without even throwing out the bloody gauze, much less the sharps. Care to guess who the worst offenders were? NP's...because our docs not only knew better, but usually had a medic with them to make sure things were done correctly. Seems most of them figured that cleaning up was now below them somehow. SK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Had to do this on a rotation when I left a sharp on the tray after swapping out a central line. Was mad initially but realized that I screwed up and shouldn't have. I'll use this in the future for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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