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<\/div>\nAfter you have successfully completed UBC Gunn IMS Certification please ensure that you are following these steps before utilizing IMS in your clinical care:<\/div>\n
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Administrative:<\/strong><\/div>\n
-Review your current licensing college and health authority regulations.\u00a0If rostering is required for controlled acts register with your regulatory college.<\/div>\n
-Develop an office procedure manual – This should include a needlestick protocol and written instructions for managing adverse events.<\/div>\n
-Have the ability to appropriately document needling treatments.<\/div>\n
-Ensure all staff that may be at risk of encountering used needles have appropriate vaccinations.<\/div>\n
-Have appropriate written consent forms<\/a> ready.<\/div>\n
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Equipment:<\/strong><\/div>\n
-Purchase single-use sterile dry needling or acupuncture needles (APS dry needle order form with discount<\/a>)<\/div>\n
-Gloves and handwashing station<\/div>\n
-Alcohol wipes<\/div>\n
-Bed sanitizer<\/div>\n
-Swabs and q-tips to deal with body fluid<\/div>\n
-Appropriate needle disposal sites (preferably wall mounted above waist height)<\/div>\n
-Appropriate body fluid disposal sites and procedures<\/div>\n
-Ensure you have a treatment area where you are not at risk of being inadvertently contacted while needling (such as being bumped through a curtain)<\/div>\n