The shared use of syringes and needles was recognized as being associated with HIV transmission among injecting drug users at the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Commonly referred to as syringe sharing or needle sharing, it involves two or more drug users sequentially using the same needle and/or syringe in order to inject a dose of liquefied drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, amphetamines or bupr...

The shared use of syringes and needles was recognized as being associated with HIV transmission among injecting drug users at the onset of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Commonly referred to as syringe sharing or needle sharing, it involves two or more drug users sequentially using the same needle and/or syringe in order to inject a dose of liquefied drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, amphetamines or bupr...

Five techniques for delivering ZOE into straight and curved simulated root canals were investigated for their depthof-fill capabilities. The techniques tested were those using the endodontic pressure syringe, the mechanical syringe, the lentuIo spiral, the JiffyTM Tube, and the tuberculin syringe. Statistical analysis revealed that the instruments of choice for filling straight canals were the ...

BACKGROUND Over 14 million people die each year from infectious diseases despite extensive vaccine use [1]. The needle and syringe--first invented in 1853--is still the primary delivery device, injecting liquid vaccine into muscle. Vaccines could be far more effective if they were precisely delivered into the narrow layer just beneath the skin surface that contains a much higher density of pote...

no difficulty was experienced in injecting the solution with a 10 c.c. glass serum syringe. The veins of the arm were constricted by a bandage or the hand of an assistant and the forearm massaged upwards until the veins became prominent. The needle was pushed into the vein and a little blood allowed to flow into the syringe to make certain that the needle was in the vein. After the solution had...

This is the first comprehensive international review of the evidence for needle syringe programmes. The major, and now overwhelmingly strong, finding is that needle syringe programmes reduce HIV transmission effectively, safely and cost effectively. The size of the benefit is substantial. There is compelling evidence that needle syringe programmes reduce HIV incidence and HIV prevalence by redu...

sterilisation there is a risk of infection. Diabetics commonly keep their syringes in spirit although similar practices have been abandoned in hospital, where sterile instruments are now stored dry. It would seem logical for diabetics to store their syringes-glass or plastic-in the same way. Thirty patients reported by Greenough et a13 used a single plastic syringe, stored dry in a domestic ref...

OBJECTIVE Compare the pressures measured by improvised irrigation techniques to a commercial device and to prior reports. METHODS Devices tested included a commercial 500-mL compressible plastic bottle with splash guard, a 10-mL syringe, a 10-mL syringe with a 14-ga angiocatheter (with needle removed), a 50-mL Sawyer syringe, a plastic bag punctured with a 14-ga needle, a plastic bottle with ...

INTRODUCTION We evaluated the effect of different syringe volume, needle size and sample volume on blood gas analysis in syringes washed with heparin. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this multi-step experimental study, percent dilution ratios (PDRs) and final heparin concentrations (FHCs) were calculated by gravimetric method for determining the effect of syringe volume (1, 2, 5 and 10 mL), needle s...