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IM Injection Needle Safety Check-off IM Injection Needle Safety Check-off This check-off will assess the student's ability to apply needle safety technique and skill. Rubric Code: S235BWC By jcampbell1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Nursing Type: Project Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Needle Safety Checkoff
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Set up	Poor Student required several prompts to set up the area and could not explain the importance of set up for needle safety.	Fair The area was set up with all materials, including syringe/needle, inject ed, sharps container, gloves, trash can, alcohol wipes with some prompting AND no explanation by student of why this is important for needle safety.	Good The area was set up with all materials, including syringe/needle, inject ed, sharps container, gloves, trash can, alcohol wipes with some prompting OR no explanation by student of why this is important for needle safety.	Excellent The area was set up with all materials, including needle/syringe, inject ed, sharps container, gloves, trash can, alcohol wipes with no prompting with explanation by student of why this is important for needle safety.
Injection and activation	Poor Area was cleaned for 30 seconds, needle was exposed before cleaning AND after withdrawl, student does not verbalize visualization of needle tip, AND safety device was not correctly activated or student palms or recaps needle.	Fair Area was cleaned for 30 seconds, needle was exposed before cleaning AND after withdrawl, student does not verbalize visualization of needle tip, safety device was correctly activated.	Good Area was cleaned for 30 seconds, needle was exposed before cleaning OR after withdrawl, student does not verbalize visualization of needle tip, safety device was correctly activated.	Excellent Area was cleaned for 30 seconds, needle was not exposed until the moment of injection, after withdrawl, student verbalizes visualization of needle tip, safety device was correctly activated without prompting.
Disposal	Poor Student disposes needle/syringe into the trash can.	Fair Student disposed of needle/syringe into the sharps container with hand entering sharps container opening. Student explains the importance of needle safety with prompting.	Good Student disposed of needle/syringe into the sharps container with hand entering sharps container opening. Student explains the importance of needle safety without prompting.	Excellent Student disposed of needle/syringe into the sharps container with hand not entering sharps container. Student explains the importance of needle safety without prompting.