remove name from listserv, please

[Mike Lasaater]

Somehow, I recieved this. You may want to try again, because I don't know
you.  Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Stockbridge" <hcnmast at mail.tss.net>
To: "Public Health Nursing Discussion and Information "
<phnurses at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 10:52 AM
Subject: remove name from listserv, please



> Please remove my name from your listserv.  I have really enjoyed receiving

> the emails, but I don't need to be on this list right now.  I may

> re-subscribe later.

>

> Thanks.

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Elizabeth M. Saewyc, PhD, RN <saewyc at tc.umn.edu>

> To: Public Health Nursing Discussion and Information

> <phnurses at u.washington.edu>

> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 9:40 AM

> Subject: Urgent request for info re: needleless flu clinics

>

>

> > Colleagues,

> >

> > I'm looking for information from public health agencies that are either

> > required to use or have chosen to use needleless injection systems for

> > their large-scale flu immunization clinics. This past year we conducted

a

> > collaborative project with nursing students and pharmacy students to

> > provide flu clinics for dorm residents and health professions students

> here

> > on our campus, and we're planning on doing the same again next year.

> >

> > However, one of the issues that came up during our clinic was the

evidence

> > base for deltoid I.M injection techniques, with our clinical nursing

> > faculty teaching z-tracking and the pharmacy faculty (and, truth to

tell,

> > all the public health nurses I know in all the different agencies) using

> > the "pinch" method, which plumps up the muscle for a straight injection,

> > rather than moving subcutaneous tissue aside. We saw this as a perfect

> > opportunity to include a research study in next year's project, and have

> > begun developing a proposal.

> >

> > However, the recent passage of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act

> > may change everything. I'm not at all familiar with the latest

needleless

> > or safety devices for deltoid IM injections, and I don't know if one

could

> > even do z-tracking with them, much less if there are differences in

> vaccine

> > leakage, bleeding, or pain with the various devices. I'm also not sure

how

> > this new law will affect flu clinics around the country, especially in

the

> > rural public health agencies, but I know there are states like

California

> > that have had stringent needlestick protection laws under their state

OSHA

> > for a while.

> >

> > Could anyone who uses needleless or needle-safety devices for their

> > large-scale immunization clinics email me privately and let me know

which

> > types of devices you use, how they work in your system, and whether

you're

> > seeing differences in people's responses to immunizations in this

manner?

> > I'd be especially interested in information about effectiveness related

to

> > pain, bleeding, or actual immune titers.

> >

> >

> > As we have some urgent deadlines for grant proposals, an immediate reply

> > would be greatly appreciated.

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > Elizabeth Saewyc

> >

> > --

> > Elizabeth M. Saewyc, PhD, RN, PHN

> > Assistant Professor

> > School of Nursing, University of Minnesota

> > 6-101 Weaver-Densford Hall

> > 308 Harvard St. S.E.

> > Minneapolis, MN 55455

> > telephone: 612-624-2176

> > fax: 612-626-2359

> > email: saewyc at tc.umn.edu

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>