Blood Safety
Unsafe injection practices still occur in rural North India health settings
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 10th, 2005
According to a study from Australia, "Unsafe injection practices result in a substantial burden of preventable blood-borne viral disease (BBV). The reasons are complex and include structural, economic and socio-cultural factors."
The objective of this study was to "describe injection-related practices in two rural north Indian health settings including the contextual factor, highlight some of the challenges facing those endeavoring to translate injection safety policies into safe injection practice, and to identify appropriate intervention strategies," wrote M. Kermode and...
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