Injection Safety

Risky pen pals

January 6, 2012 incoaoc , , Injection Safety,Safe Healthcare No Comments

Author – Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, FASHP President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices There’s an alarming and widespread misunderstanding about insulin pens by some healthcare workers who work in hospitals: that sterility can be maintai…

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No, it is not ok to reuse that syringe!

April 26, 2011 incoaoc , , Healthcare-associated infections,Injection Safety,Safe Healthcare No Comments

Author – Gina Pugliese, RN MS Vice President of the Safety Institute, Premier healthcare alliance It was 20 years ago when I first heard about syringes being reused on multiple patients, followed by a flurry of guidelines cautioning about the need to…

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