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Injection Safety Toolkit

This Best Shot injection safety toolkit may be used to help you Give Your Best Shot  in outpatient, short-stay, acute and/or long-term residential settings and may be used by leadership and staff to help prevent infections or injuries during parenteral medication/vaccine administration.

• Best Shot Injection Safety Toolkit

Audit Tools & Checklists

• BEST SHOT Injection Safety Audit tool (PDPH)
• BEST SHOT INJECTION SAFETY PEER to PEER CHECKLIST (PDPH)
• BEST SHOT Printable Bifold Printer Friendly Version of Peer-to-Peer Interactive Checklist (PDPH)
• CDC Safe Injection Checklist (CDC)
• Portable Medication Systems Preparation Checklist (CDC)
• Centralized Medication Area Checklist (CDC)
• COMBINED Medication Preparation Area Checklist (CDC)
• Vaccine Storage Area Checklist (CDC)

Posters and Job Aids

• BEST SHOT Med Safety Zone Poster (hang or wear at preparation area) (PDPH)
• BEST SHOT Safety Devices: Practice Choices Poster (PDPH/CDC)
• BEST SHOT Medication Preparation AREA Poster (PDPH)
• BEST SHOT Safe Injection Preparation Poster (PDPH)
• BEST SHOT Safe Injection Administration Poster (PDPH)
• Unsafe Injection Impacts Infographic (CDC)
• Single or Multi-dose Vial Safety for All Infographic (CDC)
• 1+1+1=0 English Poster (CDC)
• 1+1+1+0 Spanish Poster (CDC)
• 5 Ways to Prevent Sharps Injuries POSTER (OSHA)
• What to do if your injured  Stop Sticks Poster -Fillable Template (CDC)
• WHO Your-5-moments-for-hand-hygiene-POSTER (WHO)
• Why and How MDV JOB AID POSTER (CDC)

Log Templates

• Vaccine Storage Troubleshooting Record & EXAMPLES (immunize.org)
• Vaccine Storage & Handling Resources (CDC)
• Forms and Resources – Philadelphia Immunization Program (PDPH)
• Fridge Temperature Log (Celsius) (PDPH)
• Fridge Temperature Log (Fahrenheit) (PDPH)
• Freezer Temperature Log (Celsius) (PDPH)
• Freezer Temperature Log (Fahrenheit) (PDPH)
• You Call The Shots: Temperature Log - Safe Transport (CDC)
• OSHA Incident/Injury Log: Record Keeping Forms (OSHA)

Exposure Report Template

• Sample Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Report Form: Dental Settings (CDC/OSHA)

Policy & Procedure Templates

• Injection Safety Policy & Procedure Template (CDC)
• OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens policy template (OSHA)

Sharps Device Evaluation

• Sharps Workbook-Design, Implement, & Evaluate a Sharps Program (CDC)

Guidance & Recommendations

• Safe Injection Practices to Prevent Transmission of Infections to Patients | Injection Safety | (CDC)

Videos

• How to give a safe injection? (WHO)

Interactive Learning Tools

• Fidgeting Felix gets an IV | Interactive Video (Project Firstline/CDC)
• What's Wrong with This Picture? Outpatient Exam Room (Project Firstline/CDC)

Vaccine Information Statements, Schedules, & Charts

• Instructions for Using Vaccine Information Statements | (CDC)
• Combined Birth-18yrs-Child Immunization-Schedule (CDC)
• Catch-up Immunization Schedule for Children, Birth-18 Years (CDC)
• Adult Immunization Schedule Website Version – Healthcare Providers (CDC)
• Combined-Adult Immunization Schedule | (CDC)

Needle Size Chart

• CDC You Call the Shots Needle Size Summary Sheet (CDC)
• All Ages-Vaccine Administration: Needle Gauge and Length (CDC)
• Administering Vaccines: Dose, Route, Site, and Needle Size (Immunize.org)
• Adult Intermuscular-Injection IM needle size site chart (CDC)