Dirty Medical Needles Put Thousands at Risk by Peter Eisler. USA Today. December 27, 2012.
The article cites a 2010 anonymous survey of 5,446 clinical personnel where 6% stated that they sometimes used single-use medication vials to draw shots for more than one patient, a violation of CDC infection safety protocols. Shockingly, 1% reported that they used the same syringe on multiple patients. 80% of injection-related disease outbreaks occur in doctors' offices and outpatient clinics, such as pain management and endoscopy centers. There is a regulatory gap for such facilities. One expert offered the opinion that restaurants and pharmacies are subject to more regulation than some of these facilities.
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