Every year, unsafe injection practices by US healthcare providers—like syringe reuse and misuse of medications vials— cause outbreaks. Since 2001, discovery of unsafe injection practices, have prompted nearly 200,000 patients to seek testing for bloodborne pathogens.

Featured Resources:

• CDC’s Injection Safety checklist can be used to assess healthcare providers’ adherence to safe injection practices as part of an outbreak investigation or for general quality improvement and educational purposes
• Additional information on assessing and promoting safe injection practices is provided on the CDC Injection Safety and Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC) websites

Additional Resources:

• Mayo Clinic Proceedings publication, Patient Notification Events Due to Syringe Reuse and Mishandling of Injectable Medications by Health Care Personnel – United States, 2012-2018
• CORHA Patient Notification and Drug Diversion topic pages