An online survey view of US health care providers finds some reporting syringe and needle reuse, putting patients at danger for blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. The year of May-June 2010 poll of 5,446 eligible respondents, took by the health care purchasing bond Premier Inc., included personnel from hospitals (66 percent) and non-hospital settings (34 percent).
Unsafe practices described included 6 percent reporting "sometimes or always" using single-dose/single-use medication vials for more than one patient; 0.9 percent "sometimes or always" reusing a syringe while altering only the needle for use on another patient; and 15.1 percent reusing a syringe to insert a multidose vial and then 6.5 percent saving that vial for use on some other patient (1.1 percent overall).
Safe Injection Practices are a set of recommendations within Standard Precautions, which are the foundation for preventing transmission of infections during patient care in all healthcare settings including hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory care, home care and hospice.
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