An infographic created by the One & Only Campaign explains four key practices necessary for safe injections. The infographic is one of the new resources on safe injection best practices the CDC and ...

A new set of recommendations from the United Kingdom aims to establish best practice for injecting insulin and other diabetes medications. The Forum for Injection Technique (FIT) was founded in 2009 ...

The Joint Commission wants healthcare organizations to pay more attention to risks associated with improper use of injectable medicines, and to do something about the problem. "Patients visiting a ...

Nearly 70 people have been recommended to receive testing for hepatitis B and C and HIV after they received flu shots from syringes that had been reused. Nearly 70 people have been recommended to ...

Nearly 200 stakeholders, who convened at Premier healthcare alliance and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition’s open meeting, developed 22 safe injection practices. Proceedings, background materials ...

In the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recently published Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care, the CDC provides the following nine ...

Multiple violations of injection safety and infection prevention practices -- from lack of handwashing to inappropriate re-use of medication vials -- were identified after an outbreak of septic ...

Recent updates in evidence-based recommendations have led to changes in the use of steroid and hyaluronic acid injection for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, reports a study in the May 16, ...