Safety concerns with glass particle contamination: improving the standard guidelines for preparing medication injections.

International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
Natthacha Chiannilkulchai, Siranee Kejkornkaew

Abstract

Glass ampoules are widely used to contain injection medications because of their properties. However, the existing literature reports that glass particle contamination is found in opening glass ampoules. To date, nursing practice standards on this issue have not gained attention in terms of the manual breaking methods generally used for opening ampoules in a clinical setting that can minimize the risk of glass particle contamination and, therefore, increase patient safety. This study aimed to compare manual breaking methods commonly used to open ampoules in clinical practice that affected the number of glass particles and to identify the factors influencing glass particle contamination. We used a comparative research design to evaluate the manual breaking methods for opening medication ampoules among 56 registered nurses from diverse clinical areas in a university hospital. Each participant broke 12 ampoules in two sizes using six methods, each method combined with wrapping material and one breaking direction. We measured the number of glass particles in five sizes for each method and the factors influencing glass particle contamination. In total, 449 of 672 ampoules were contaminated with glass particles. Breaking the ampoule ...Continue Reading

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