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The Dealing With Sharps Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- incorrect handling of sharps
- 2. Use of Sharps
- Accidental injury
- potential infection
- 3. Maintenance
- Unclean equipment
- broken equipment
- 4. Disposal
- Incorrect disposal
- reuse of single-use sharp
- 5. Cleaning
- Exposure to contaminated fluids
- puncture wounds
- 6. Emergency Management
- Inefficient response to injuries
- inadequate first aid provisions
- 7. Storage
- Unauthorized access
- lack of labelling
- 8. Inspection
- Overlooked damaged sharps
- inadequate inspection skills
- 9. Training
- Lack of knowledge
- untrained staff
- 10. Handling
- Incorrect techniques
- multiple use of single-use sharps
- 11. Labelling and Marking
- Misidentification
- lack of hazard awareness
- 12. Documentation
- Inaccurate records
- lack of hazardous waste documentation
- 13. Transport
- Unprotected transportation
- incorrect container use
- 14. Incident Reporting
- Delayed reporting
- incomplete information
- 15. Supervision
- Insufficient monitoring
- compliance issues
- 16. Investigation
- Premature disposal
- improper investigation procedure
- 17. Audit
- Non-compliance with regulations
- overlooked inspection steps
- 18. Review
- Lack of thoroughness
- outdated procedures
- 19. Communication
- Miscommunication
- lack of hazard understanding
- 20. Health Monitoring
- Inadequate screening
- failure to identify early symptoms