The One & Only Campaign was started to empower patients to ask questions and re-educate healthcare providers regarding safe injection practices.
More than 125,000 patients in the United States have been notified of potential exposure to hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus and HIB due to unsafe injection practices since 1999. Many of these cases are a result of reusing syringes, which contaminates medication vials or containers that are subsequently used on other patients.
Read the CDC’s news release about The One & Only Campaign.
Read other coverage on patient safety:
– Meeting AAAHC Standards for Reprocessing Single-Use Devices and Equipment
– Urologist Defends Illinois ASC, Industry Over Infection Control Article
– AMA Releases Guidelines to Help With Patient Safety
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