AORN Journal
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages 391-397, February 2006

Perceived Barriers to Implementation of a Successful Sharps Safety Program

  • Andrea M. Hagstrom, RN

      Affiliations

    • Andrea M. Hagstrom, RN, MSN, CNOR, is nurse educator, perioperative services, at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn.

ABSTRACT

•IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING needle sticks and sharps injuries at a large, urban trauma center in the northeastern United States, a nurse educator assembled a focus group of OR staff members to determine what they perceived to be barriers to successful implementation of a sharps safety program.

•THE FOCUS GROUP IDENTIFIED inadequate communication, powerlessness, resistance to change, intimidation, inconsistencies in practice, negative attitudes, inexperienced staff members, and time constraints as barriers to a successful change implementation.

•USING THIS INFORMATION, the nurse educator identified strategies to implement a practice change to decrease the rate of needle sticks and sharps injuries.

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 The author acknowledges Catherine Meehan, RN, MS, quality improvement coordinator, Perioperative Services, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn; Mary Jane Williams, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Conn; and Mary Beth Matthews, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing and chair of the Department of Nursing, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Conn, for their contributions to and encouragement throughout this project.

PII: S0001-2092(06)60169-5

doi:10.1016/S0001-2092(06)60169-5

AORN Journal
Volume 83, Issue 2 , Pages 391-397, February 2006

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