Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIVwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkNearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIVwww.livescience.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoSounds like a syringe being reused.
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoSince it’s IV medication given before/during an endoscopy, I’d guess it’s the syringe used to flush the IV line. Not the same one 450 times, but an employee using the same one for multiple patients in a day, then tossing it instead of using a new one for each.
minus-squareflooppoolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agounbridled pharmacy rage
Sounds like a syringe being reused.
450 times?!
Since it’s IV medication given before/during an endoscopy, I’d guess it’s the syringe used to flush the IV line.
Not the same one 450 times, but an employee using the same one for multiple patients in a day, then tossing it instead of using a new one for each.
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