CDC Official Calls for National Model of Safe Injections

An official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said New Hampshire’s recent recommendations for safe injections and drug diversion prevention could be expanded to create a national model for patient safety, according to a Seacoastonline report.

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Last year, a technician at Exeter Hospital, who no longer works there, allegedly injected himself with the pain killer fentanyl before using the same syringe on other patients, infecting 32 people with hepatitis C, according to the report.

 Click here to read the full story on safe injection practices in Becker’s ASC Review.

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