TABLE 2. Country-specific and general recommendations on needlestick injury in five Caribbean countries.

Country-specific/General	Recommendations
Grenada	• Locate disposal bins on walls at eye level
	• Review protocols at the hospital level
Saint Lucia	• Establish policies, protocols, and procedures
	• Implement safe needle disposal and use protective needles
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	• Establish policies, protocols, and procedures
Suriname	• Standardize safety protocols
	• Repair uneven floors and eliminate storage in passageways
Trinidad and Tobago	• Make protective equipment available
General	• Facilitate cooperation among authorities from the Caribbean countries
	• Add workshops to cover the remaining health care workers
	• Address the practice of recapping of needles
	• Make occupational safety and health policies available
	• Enforce safety guidelines
	• Reorganize and maintain physical work environment for best safety and ergonomic practices
	• Enforce policies and procedures to ensure safe handling of hazardous material and infection control/isolation
	• Establish psychosocial services

Source: Table prepared by the authors based on the results of the study.