Six Indiana counties operate a syringe service program, often acting as a bridge to healthcare, overdose prevention education and addiction treatment. But the programs could end in July, when the law ...

Many stockmen use multi-dose syringes when vaccinating cattle, and most of these are pistol-grip action to make it easier to administer the vaccine. Heidi Carroll, South Dakota State University ...

Renewing and sustaining syringe exchange programs is essential to protecting public health, saving lives and maintaining the progress we've made.

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH AND I’M RICK BAN, WHOSE CITY LEADERS ARE MAKING IT EASIER TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF USED SYRINGES BY ADDING DROP BOXES IN THREE CITY PARKS. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE SPREAD ...

Kim Botteicher works in the basement of a Bolivar, Pa. church. She provides syringe services as part of her charitable work. In the basement of a former Catholic church, in a tiny Westmoreland County ...

Problem: ISMP has repeatedly stressed the importance of never using parenteral syringes to prepare or administer small volumes of oral/enteral products; instead, an oral syringe should always be used.

A recent report by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices says that despite past warnings, serious medical errors continue to occur when parenteral syringes are used to administer oral ...