Injection Safety

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 620.86 Safety engineering
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 292028
• Chủ đề: 1. CONTRACEPTIVES; 2. DISEASE; 3. DISEASES; 4. DOCTORS; 5. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Tóm tắt

Injections are one of the most common health care procedures, with some 16 billion injections administered world-wide each year. Most injections (90 to 95 percent) are given for therapeutic purposes, and only 5 to 10 percent are given for immunization. Injections are often unnecessary and are frequently unsafe. Unsafe injections are responsible for millions of cases of Hepatitis B and C, and an estimated one quarter of a million cases of HIV annually. Re-use of injection equipment without sterilization is frequently a key problem. Unsafe injections are responsible for millions of cases of Hepatitis B and C, and an estimated one-quarter of a million cases of HIV annually.