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Sharps Injury Log
A log of needlestick and other sharps injuries with the fields OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard requires, plus a few that help you prevent the next one. Record each injury confidentially, without the employee's name.
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Sharps Injury Log
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Clinic
Year
Log kept by
OSHA 1910.1030(h)(5): record the device type and brand, work area, and how it happened. Keep it confidential; retain 5 years.
Reviewed for safer-device changes by: ______________________ Date: ____________
Who has to keep a sharps injury log?
Any employer required to keep OSHA injury and illness records under 29 CFR 1904 must also keep a sharps injury log. Many small clinics are exempt from those records, because they had 10 or fewer employees all last year or are in a partially exempt industry. Even then, a log like this is the simplest way to show your annual exposure control plan review looked at real injuries.
What the log must record
- The type and brand of the device involved.
- The department or work area where the incident happened.
- An explanation of how it happened.
- It must be recorded and kept in a way that protects the injured employee's confidentiality, and kept for five years after the end of the calendar year it covers, like other OSHA injury records.
After a sharps injury
- Wash the area, report it right away, and send the employee for the confidential post-exposure evaluation in your exposure control plan.
- Record it here and on an incident report.
- At your annual plan review, look at the log: a pattern with one device or task is the case for a safer device.
Questions
Can I use the OSHA 300 log instead?
A sharps injury that's recordable goes on the OSHA 300 log too, but the sharps injury log records details the 300 log doesn't, such as the device brand, and must be kept in a way that protects confidentiality.
Should the employee's name be on the log?
No. OSHA requires the log to protect the injured employee's confidentiality. Use a case number and keep names in the confidential medical record.
Sources
- OSHA, Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030
- OSHA, Partially exempt industries, 29 CFR 1904 Subpart B Appendix A
General guidance, not legal or medical advice. Requirements vary by state; follow your medical director and product labels.