60% of injections are unsafe

Anders · Jan 21st, 2004, 10:50

Indian Express, Jan 15.

"Careful, in 60% of all cases, a shot in the arm may be shot in the leg"

"In other words, the country may be looking at 20 lakh new Hepatitis B cases, four lakh new Hepatitis C cases and 30,000 new HIV-positive cases, in a year."

Full story

Alan D · Jan 21st, 2004, 13:49

This is only news in the sense that the risk factor seems higher than most people thought.

We always carry a selection of syringes bought in the UK as part of our medical kit.

One surprising result of the survey is that the risk factor in private hospitals is roughy the same as government hospitals.

bijapuri · Jan 21st, 2004, 14:15

dag . . . after chemo for a year to beat hep-C (it worked, thankyou) I'd REALLY hate to recontract it

belleshell · Feb 8th, 2004, 21:15

ive never heard of chemotherapy for hep c. what do you mean recontract it? it is very hard to contract hep c, blood to blood. id like to know about this chemo you mentioned. my father died from hep c (liver failure) and my mumma has it too, she is also the president of the hep c council for nsw australia. ive never heard of hep c being beaten. is this some new treatment?

Tomi · Feb 8th, 2004, 21:34

All the injections I witnessed on my first trip to India (traveling companion with pneumonia) involved disposable plastic syringes. Maybe that's automatic with tourists and not with locals, I don't know. The article does anot say that the "questionable sterility" involved those as well as the boiled reusable glass syringes.

I'd make sure they open the disposable plastic syringes in your presence, just like a bottle of mineral water.

wonderwomanusa · Feb 8th, 2004, 23:08

I didn't know about disposable syringes when I first went to India in the early 70s -- and I'm pretty sure the Hep B I got was from a cholera shot that I had to get to cross a border. <sigh>

edwardseco · Feb 9th, 2004, 10:44

Now disposibles are very common..

Jan 21st, 2004, 10:50	#1
Anders Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: England Posts: 630	60% of injections are unsafe Indian Express, Jan 15. "Careful, in 60% of all cases, a shot in the arm may be shot in the leg" "In other words, the country may be looking at 20 lakh new Hepatitis B cases, four lakh new Hepatitis C cases and 30,000 new HIV-positive cases, in a year." Full story

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wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,996	I didn't know about disposable syringes when I first went to India in the early 70s -- and I'm pretty sure the Hep B I got was from a cholera shot that I had to get to cross a border. <sigh> __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

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Jan 21st, 2004, 13:49	#2
Alan D Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Southampton UK Posts: 1,869	This is only news in the sense that the risk factor seems higher than most people thought. We always carry a selection of syringes bought in the UK as part of our medical kit. One surprising result of the survey is that the risk factor in private hospitals is roughy the same as government hospitals.

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belleshell Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: edinburgh Posts: 54	ive never heard of chemotherapy for hep c. what do you mean recontract it? it is very hard to contract hep c, blood to blood. id like to know about this chemo you mentioned. my father died from hep c (liver failure) and my mumma has it too, she is also the president of the hep c council for nsw australia. ive never heard of hep c being beaten. is this some new treatment?

Feb 8th, 2004, 21:34	#5
Tomi Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA, USA Posts: 449	All the injections I witnessed on my first trip to India (traveling companion with pneumonia) involved disposable plastic syringes. Maybe that's automatic with tourists and not with locals, I don't know. The article does anot say that the "questionable sterility" involved those as well as the boiled reusable glass syringes. I'd make sure they open the disposable plastic syringes in your presence, just like a bottle of mineral water.

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edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 3,586	Now disposibles are very common..

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