Airborne
Syringes: Safe/Unsafe procedures in/out of health care
Overview
Contamination via microbes entering the blood is near universally known. And yet, if blood transfusions are known as a danger, the fact that giving blood can be contaminating, proved in Mexico and China a quarter of a century ago, when equipment is not sterile, is not well grasped.
Key Points
Anesthesists- tatooers
Case of Pakistan / 2000 children HIV+
Case of Egypt
Massive Hepatitis problem / examples from NGOs (India)
Haemorragic fevers
Syringes, sharps
Medical disinfection technologies
Tattooing equipment
Blood collection technologies
Discussion
The danger of unsafe injections practices has been systematically downplayed and is badly understood. The high rates of Hepatitis C, found in Lahore, India, in Egypt, on the African continent... tell us of the deadly preference for injections by clients and medics alike.
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