STOP STICKS CAMPAIGN

Newsletter Articles

Overview

Most organizations have internal staff newsletters that provide another information channel to reach your audience. The sample documents below are intended to guide the development of weekly newsletter articles, which should coordinate with your weekly blitz messages.

How to use newsletter templates

The following sample newsletter articles correspond with weekly blitz themes featured on the sample safety blitz outline [DOC – 11 KB] andf Sample Blitz Outline in PDF format . The format presented can be used to organize other topics that you may want to develop for your facility’s specific needs. Additionally, you may want to check with sources such as the following for updated statistics and recommendations to include in your newsletter articles: Massachusetts Office for Health and Human Services, Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet), and the American College of Surgeons.
Safety blitz outline in PDF format

Each template is provided as a Microsoft Word document and as a PDF.

• Sharps Injuries Persist in OR – Week 1 [DOC – 27 KB]
  Sharps Injury Persist in OR – Week 1 in PDF format
• Passing & Loading Sharps Devices – Week 2 [DOC – 35 KB]
  Passing & Loading Sharps Devices – Week 2 in PDF format
• Neutral Zone: Transferring Sharps Safely – Week 3 [DOC – 27 KB]
  Neutral Zone: Transferring Sharps Safely – Week 3 in PDF format
• Cost Not Necessarily a Drawback of Safer Needle Devices – Week 4 [DOC – 33 KB]
  Cost Not Necessarily a Drawback of Safer Needle Devices – Week 4 in PDF format