Prevent unsafe injection practices at your facility
Briefings on Infection Control, July 1, 2008
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When outbreaks associated with unsafe injection practices occur, they hit the headlines with a bang. This was the case in February when a Nevada endoscopy clinic reported that as many as 40,000 patients might have been exposed to hepatitis C and other bloodborne pathogens from inappropriate reuse of single use vials of anesthesia at the facility.
And that was not an isolated case. In recent years, several clusters of healthcare-associated hepatitis C and HIV have been attributed to unsafe injection practices.
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