The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology updated their position paper on safe injection practices.
The position paper updates the previous paper released in 2010. The position paper offers guidance on the best practices for infection preventionists to prevent bloodborne virus and microbial pathogen transition to patients during routine healthcare procedures due to improper injection, infusion, medication vial and point-of-care testing practices.
The paper includes notes on the aseptic technique, transporting medications, IV solutions, flushing and injectables in the operating room, in addition to other topics. There are also notes on oversight and enforcement directing preventionists to assure policies and mechanisms are in place for injection safety and infection prevention and control procedures are followed.
The program should enforce adherence to proper infection prevention and control practices during medication injection and hold healthcare personnel accountable for adhering to the best practices.
