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Safe Needles
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Safe Needles
April 5, 1991 (Issue: 841)
Accidental needlesticks can lead to infection with hepatitis viruses, human immunodeficiency virus, and other blood-borne bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens (DK Henderson et al, Ann Intern Med, 113:740, 1990). Re-capping used needles is the ...more
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