Nurse prepping patient's right arm for av fistula.Sterile scrub prep completed.Nurse squeezed then shook chloraprep stick.The end on the prep stick flew off and the glass cylinder flew out of the end of the handle towards the nurse's right shoulder and cheek.The glass shattered on the nurse and shards of glass fell on the sterile surgical field and on the patient.The sheet under the patient's arm was removed which contained glass shards.The patient's arm was inspected thoroughly by both rns in or.Several small shards removed from patient's arm.No visible harm to patient.Rn had minor cuts to right middle finger.
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