HOSPITALS in the US are being
advised to move away from
routinely using insulin pens on
diabetic patients, following the
possible exposure of 700 patients
to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in
a New York hospital.
The exposure was due to the reuse
of insulin pens on multiple patients
after a change of disposable needle.
“All it takes is one or two
individuals who are not aware that
it is unsafe to place a new
disposable needle on a pen used
for one patient and use it to deliver
a dose of insulin to another
patient,” the Institute said.
“Completely controlling for this is
difficult, perhaps even impossible,
given that unsafe pen use has
persisted despite educational
efforts and monitoring,” the
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