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Statements
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Safety of
injections-
WHO recommended policy
Draft: Revision October 1998 GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR VACCINES AND
IMMUNIZATION EXPANDED PROGRAMME ON IMMUNIZATION
Needle-free injectors designed for use with
multi-dose vials and with a multiple-use fluid path should not be used for
immunization. These injectors have an inherent risk of bloodborne disease
transmission 1.5 Needle-free injectors
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World
Health Organization * United Nations
Children's Fund "However, tests have shown that the existing models already in use are not risk-free. Although no needle is used, some children have been found to bleed raising the specter of cross-infection unless the metal cap is sterilized or changed before any subsequent immunizations. When tested on animal models the metal cap was found to be contaminated after 1 in 7 injections (page 168 )
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ARMINGDALE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2000-- The Farmingdale-based UNIVEC Corporation (Nasdaq:UNVC), Researchers Recommend Curtailing Massive Unsterile Injecting. Warn of Possible Disease Mutations as a Result of Unsafe Practices "Why does the world's medical community continue to ignore these figures?," said Schoenfeld. "What it should do is stop the practice of allowing multi-use syringes in every immunization and clinical program the world over. Only when we adopt an auto-disable syringe policy, to be mandatory in all mass vaccination programs, will we contribute significantly to the scourge of disease around the world." World Health Organization estimates, unsafe injections cause approximately 1.2 million HCV infections world-wide every year.
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WHO Critical
questions for supervisory checklist to determine injection
safety
Is the answer to any of the above questions (1 or 2) is “YES”, injections at this centre are unsafe.
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