After giving an injection, a nurse has a used needle in hand. What is the safest action?
Correct answer: C. Place it directly in a sharps container
- A. Recap it with both hands carefully
- B. Bend it before placing it in waste
- C. Place it directly in a sharps container
- D. Break it and discard it in general waste
Explanation
The needle should be placed immediately into a puncture-resistant sharps container without recapping, bending, or breaking it. These actions increase the risk of needlestick injury and blood-borne infection.
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Asepsis covers the chain of infection, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, standard and transmission-based precautions, sterilisation, disinfection and safe waste disposal. The key distinction is between medical asepsis, which reduces microorganisms, and surgical asepsis, which maintains a sterile field during invasive procedures.
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