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| العنوان: |
Sharing insulin pens can transmit blood-borne pathogens. |
| المؤلفون: |
Dallas, Scott, Holquist, Carol |
| المصدر: |
Drug Topics; Jun2009, Vol. 153 Issue 6, p18-22, 2p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
DRUG delivery devices, INSULIN, PATHOGENIC microorganisms, INSULIN pumps, MEDICAL errors, HEPATITIS transmission, HIV, DRUG administration |
| مستخلص: |
The article discusses the risk of sharing of insulin pens that may transmit blood-borne pathogens. Insulin pens are injector pens used in patient's self-administration of insulin and are intended to be used by only one patient. Sharing of insulin pens may lead to the transmission hepatitis B and C and HIV. A report from the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas found that diabetics admitted at the center are at risk of blood-borne disease due to incorrect medical procedures. |
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