1. Ruth Burns- NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Insulin pen safety needles
Keep words on your slides to a minimum
Don’t just read from your slides
Use pictures where possible
Don’t be afraid to talk about what didn’t work

2. SITUATION
In 2013 Regulations were introduced to protect staff from sharp injuries.
In 2015/16 NHS A&A had 161 needle stick incidents

3. TASK A robust training programme and stock changeover
Some obstacles regarding staff unwilling to change current behaviours

4. ACTION Dedicated training on the wards and stock changeover
DISN colleague and Rep from Ypsomed
Across inpatient settings in NHS A&A
Dedicated several days at each site to deliver education

5. RESULTS I think this was successful
Feel confident that the roll out was successful
Learning experience is that the needle should have been available when the launch happened