Online Continuing Education Courses

Needle Sterilization, Contraindication and Complications of Needling

• NCCAOM Approved for Safety 1 hour
• Outline the basics of clean needle technique, including defining “clean field” and offering recommendations
• Discuss the most common methods of sterilization
• Contrast sterilization vs disposable needles
• Present the most common complications of needling
• Discuss contraindications to needling
• Present the most common infectious agents as risk factors for needling