Another story on re-used syringe ...
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:20pm
Another story on re-used syringes...not needles just the syringe...a similar story was long unfolding in New York, relative to the same scenario....40,000 patients during the time frame to be testws for Hepatitis C as there is no way to know who was and who was not treated with a re-used syringe...BD
A clinic may have infected a handful o ...
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More to recycle...syringes go gr ...
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:21pm
More to recycle...syringes go green...BD
Infection control company Inviro Medical Devices is helping its customers advance their "green" initiatives, by supplying products creating less medical waste than competitive products and by using more recyclable components in their safety syringes and packaging materials.
The company's inno ...
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Hospital Employee Injected Patient Drugs and Replaced Syringe content with Saline Solution
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Medical QuackPosted
Sat 04 Jul 2009 9:42pm1 Comment
This is another one of those scary stories with a worker who took the injections herself instead of giving the medication to the patient, then filled the syringe with saline for the patient. The problem is the syringes were not sterilized and she had hepatitis C from an old drug habit. It appears that over 5,000 patients were potentially expose ...
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A Case for a New Syringe – TED Presentation
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Medical QuackPosted
Fri 23 Oct 2009 10:02pm
This is a real eye opener here to see how many of these are laying around all over the world and how syringes are infecting more people today than mosquitoes are with malaria.
Mr. Koska has come up with a new syringe that can only be used once, when you try for a second time, it breaks. The cost is the same as what we pay today for the tra ...
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New InJentle Glass Syringe from Schott – Drug and Patient Friendly
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Medical QuackPosted
Fri 22 Jan 2010 9:06pm
The new syringe will make injections less painful, and any patient will appreciate this. The new syringe was developed in conjunction with Cambridge Consultants, those folks I mention here from time to time reflecting on their blue tooth inhaler. You can also read up on the Schott website for additional details. One of the selling points her ...
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Re-Cycling the Push Stem of your Syringe?
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stuartPosted
Wed 14 Jan 2009 8:25pm
Do you re-cycle the plastic items from your home?
Have you thought to re-cycle the plastic push stem of your injectable?
My question is: IS It safe to recycle the plunger portion of your syringe?
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Medical syringes
A typical medical syringe with needle
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TEVA INTRODUCES NEW THINNER 29-GAUGE NEEDLE FOR COPAXONE® PRE-FILLED SYRINGE
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stuartPosted
Wed 14 Jan 2009 8:26pm
Press Release - December 23, 2008
TEVA INTRODUCES NEW THINNER 29-GAUGE NEEDLE
FOR COPAXONE® PRE-FILLED SYRINGE
- Survey Results Indicate New Needle Significantly
Preferred By More Than Three Out of Four Patients -
Kansas City, MO – December 23, 2008 – Teva today announced the launch of a new, thinner, 29-gauge pre-filled s ...
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Why Do I Need a 60cc Syringe?
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LynnPosted
Fri 07 Aug 2009 7:16pm
For many medical situations, G-Tubes or Gastrostomy Tubes, or N-G tubes (naso-gastric which means starting in your nose and ending in your stomach), j-g tubes (starting AFTER your stomach) are life saving!
While feeding blended meals via g-tube requires the use of syringes since pumps cannot process the thicker food, G-Tube fed people who ...
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