Sharp Sharp, Where’s the Sharp?

One of the first things we learn as health care providers is to properly dispose of your sharp. A sharp is defined as anything that could cut skin. Examples include a needle, a broken vial of medication, the top off a broken vial or even used razors. Here in hospital things are a bit different. We quickly learned to play the game “Sharp Sharp, Where’s the Sharp?” For reasons we don’t understand, disposal of sharps here is very casual, and therefore, incredibly dangerous. It could be here, it could be there, in fact it could be anywhere. Underfoot, underhand, on windowsill or hiding in with clean supplies. So we remain ever vigilant and have learned to start our day with a quick round of the game and have repeated rounds throughout the day as necessary.

Tina and Jody