Over 62% injections given in India unsafe: Study

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Over 62% injections given in India unsafe: Study


Indo-Asian News Service


A shocking 62.9 per cent of injections administered in India are unsafe and the risk of spreading blood-borne viruses due to unsafe injection equipment is 32 per cent, a new study has said.

According to the findings of a nationwide study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to assess injection practices, an Indian on average received 2.9 to 5.8 injections a year, with almost every other prescription (48.1 per cent) consisting of an injection.

full story:http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1211594,0050.htm

Wanderratte

Iehew!

And I always thought I was a freak carrying my own injection kit around...

chappal

I had my blood drawn last week to check hemoglobin and white blood cell count (all were surpisingly good, considering how under the weather I've been). This was at an upscale clinic in Vadodara, Gujarat, and they used a disposable needle (I wouldn't have done it if it weren't of course). I think as long as disposable needles (new one, of course) are used, these findings are not relevant. In light of the study, I guess it could be smart to travel with your own disposable needle, though I don't see myself doing that.

spitze_udz

The percentage mentioned above cover most of the rural areas.... so as long as you are getting vaccinated in urban hospitals you need not panic.The awareness there is good enough to use disposable syringe.

rab

Yes I always make sure I have two or three clean new syringes on me when I travel. I have never had to get injected but once used one very effectively to remove a nasty splinter in my hand!

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gs_uppal

In India you get disposable needles and syringes manufactured by the best international firms including Becton Dickinson(BD), Albert David, & Dispovan (HMD). These are exported all over the world from India and are high quality, made with best international technology.
The report you are talking about must have been done in rural areas where still steel needles heated in oven must be used.
If you are in India please insist on Disposable syringes, you can get them easily at any Chemist shop (a syringe with 24G needle sosts Rs 5-7).
If the report is talking of the vials and ampoules, when in India please insist on medicines of Standard companies (Glaxo, Pfizer, Novartis, Aventis, Merck, Roche all have their Indian wings + there are many good Indian companies like Ranbaxy, Cipla, Dr Reddys).
Please insist on medicines of these companies as there are thousands of small companies in India who supply goods to Govt. Hospitals and small doctors esp in rural places, there quality is definitely suspicious as in such places cost is the deciding factor and not quality.
Note : You wont get Panadol in India, you get CROCIN, manufactured by Smithkline Beecham a Division of Glaxo India, you get Volatren but its name is VOVERAN for pain made by Novartis, for Malaria insist on product made by Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy, Lupin, Cipla or Nicholas, bring anti-mosquito lotions from your country, even if you have to take any anti-biotic, insist on any of these companies.
Remember in India you can get same medicine manufactured by different companies as the law here allows that unlike west, so u can get a product similar to Panadol or Voltaren but different names. Many times bcos of Patent laws Companies like Pfizer, Novartis launch products with a different name from that in your country, so please carry the drug names & just insist on Good companies.