September 29, 2021: Safety Bulletin - One Needle, One Syringe, Only One Time
Recently, ISMP Canada's consumer reporting program, SafeMedicationuse.ca, received a report from a distressed patient who was one of several individuals asked to get tested for HIV and hepatitis because of unsafe injection practices. These patients were told that a syringe that had been used to give them an injection had also been used to give injections to others; only the needle had been changed in between injections. Read more ...
