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   How can you possibly  expose hundreds of unwitting patients   
   “accidentally” to deadly HIV and hepatitis by reusing insulin   
   needles?!?!   
      
   Even those who do not work in the medical profession know that   
   under no circumstances should you use an instrument that   
   penetrates the skin on more than one person without that sharp   
   instrument being sterilized and washed each time. Apparently, a   
   New York hospital did not.   
      
   South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on Long Island,   
   near New York City, said patients may have received insulin from   
   a pen reservoir — not a single-use disposable needle — that   
   could have been used on more than one patient.“The risk of   
   infection from this is extremely low,” the hospital said in a   
   statement, adding it was recommending patients “be tested for   
   hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.” When asked if anyone was   
   confirmed to have been infected a hospital spokeswoman said,   
   “not to my knowledge.”   
      
   The pen-shaped insulin injector devices are often used by   
   hospitals to give the medication to patients and contain a   
   reservoir or cartridge, the Centers for Disease Control and   
   Prevention report. The pens should be limited to one patient   
   because regurgitation of blood into the insulin cartridge can   
   occur after injection, creating a risk of blood-borne pathogen   
   transmission, even when the needle is changed, according to the   
   CDC.   
      
   Some 200 of the more than 4,000 patients who were warned have   
   signed up for free blood testing, WABC-TV reported.   
      
   The hospital seems to have changed its policy on the devices,   
   though it was unclear when the change occurred. “South Nassau   
   has already implemented a hospital-wide policy that bans the use   
   of insulin pens and permits only the use of single-patient-use   
   vials to administer prescribed insulin treatments to patients,”   
   the statement said.   
      
   According to the CDC, HIV can lead to AIDS, or the acquired   
   immunodeficiency syndrome, and hepatitis refers to a group of   
   viral infections that affect the liver.   
      
   The hospital is now offering free blood testing services. It   
   will take the patients a few weeks to receive their results. If   
   you know anyone who has been exposed please make sure they get   
   to a medical facility immediately.   
      
   http://rollingout.com/shame-on-you/new-york-hospital-exposes-   
   hundreds-hiv-accidentally-reusing-needles/   
      
         
      
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