MULTIPLE USE OF DISPOSABLE INSULIN SYRINGES IN THE SAME PATIENT

Authors

  • Mohammad Zarif

Abstract

Disposal syringes have brought a revolution in the control of serious transmissible
diseases by parenteral route for example serum hepatitis, where the carrier of E antigen
has a transmission risk of 35%.1,2
Diabetes Mellitus is a lifelong disease and in a country like our insulin dependent
poor diabetics find it expensive to use a fresh insulin syringe for every injection. The cost
of treatment is the principal reason for failure of compliance in developing countries like
ours. Considering the above facts, a trial was organized with the aim to use repeatedly a
disposable insulin syringe and needle in the same patient.

References

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Hodge, R.H. Jr., Krongaard, L., Sande, M.A. and Kaiser, D.L. Multiple use of disposable Insulin Syringe Needle

Units. JAMA, 1980; 244: 266-7.

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Zarif, M. (1988). MULTIPLE USE OF DISPOSABLE INSULIN SYRINGES IN THE SAME PATIENT. Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad, 1(3), 19–20. Retrieved from https://jamc.ayubmed.edu.pk/index.php/jamc/article/view/4625