According to the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (2000):
a. employers ask nurses in managerial positions to evaluate safe needle devices.
b. registered nurses who sustain a needle stick are required to pass a test before resuming medication administration.
c. each state must determine the type of safe needle devices to be used.
d. employers are required to document how and where a sharps injury occurred, including the brand of device that was involved.
ANS: D
Correct: The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, passed at the federal level, requires the use of safer needle devices to protect from sharps injuries; the law requires employers to maintain a sharps injury log that contains, at a minimum, the brand of device involved in the incident, the department or work area where the exposure incident occurred, and an explanation of how the incident occurred.
Incorrect:
a. The law requires employers to solicit the input of nonmanagerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to sharps injuries in the identification, evaluation, and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls. Employers are responsible for the identification, evaluation, and selection of effective engineering and work practice controls to prevent needlesticks.
b. Registered nurses are not required to take an exam prior to or after a needlestick.
c. Selection of safe needle devices is controlled by those who provide direct care, not the state.
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