{"title":"Practice and evaluation: Management of acupuncture needle disinfection and sterilization","authors":"Chen Hui, Huang Hao","doi":"10.1016/j.cnre.2015.04.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To investigate the necessity and importance of enhancing the sterilization management of acupuncture needles.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Traditionally, acupuncture needles were cleaned manually without thermal disinfection, which often caused needle-stick injuries. To solve the problems, a special cleaning case for acupuncture needles was designed and built to help achieve optimization of the processing flow if the case is used correctly in the process of recycling, cleaning, and package checking.</p></div><div><h3>Result</h3><p>Closed treatment of acupuncture needles reduced the percentage of needle-stick injuries to zero, and centralized management raised patients' satisfaction rate from 93% to 98%.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Effective sterilization of acupuncture needles is a precondition for the safe treatment of patients. Optimization of the processing flow can ensure the safety of medical personnel and patients; safety is stipulated by relevant regulations concerning sterilization and disinfection standards.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":57172,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.cnre.2015.04.001","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Frontiers of Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095771815000444","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective
To investigate the necessity and importance of enhancing the sterilization management of acupuncture needles.
Method
Traditionally, acupuncture needles were cleaned manually without thermal disinfection, which often caused needle-stick injuries. To solve the problems, a special cleaning case for acupuncture needles was designed and built to help achieve optimization of the processing flow if the case is used correctly in the process of recycling, cleaning, and package checking.
Result
Closed treatment of acupuncture needles reduced the percentage of needle-stick injuries to zero, and centralized management raised patients' satisfaction rate from 93% to 98%.
Conclusion
Effective sterilization of acupuncture needles is a precondition for the safe treatment of patients. Optimization of the processing flow can ensure the safety of medical personnel and patients; safety is stipulated by relevant regulations concerning sterilization and disinfection standards.