Talk:Safety syringe
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Legislation section[edit]
The section on Legislation isn't consistent with the title name. There should be some summaries about the current legislation instead of just a list of countries/continents with legislation (with the exception of the United States). If anyone can get some of that information and summarize it, that would be great. If not, the name should be changed to reflect that it is really a list. Thoughts? 23.19.37.72 (talk) 18:44, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
- I changed the section title from Legislation and policy about safety syringes to just Legislation, because I think that matches the content. The section should be fleshed out by someone willing to dig into those references, though. Not me! Tripnoted (talk) 21:11, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act blurb looks out of place and incomplete. There should probably be a separate page for it. Tripnoted (talk) 21:05, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
There are some factual errors. It says, "spring loaded syringes can have splatter effect." That depends on whether the retraction mechanism is designed to be activated within the skin or outside the patient. Also, it says that manual retraction syringes "are easier to depress." That is also not true. Plunger force varies depending on the different brands and designs of syringe. See: Haiduven, D. et al. Automated and manual measurement of the forces required to use retractable intramuscular syringes. (20100. I think both of those errors should be removed from the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Porte Debois (talk • contribs) 17:26, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
Downside[edit]
Somehow we need to get to the downside of these types of syringes. I just used one for the first time, and the "breakaway" "feature" ended up breaking away while I was drawing the correct dosage into the syringe, and ended up wasting medication which is already difficult to obtain right now. When one draws the substance into the syringe, (especially if it is thick/oily) that medication can leave one with the need to draw out more than one needs, clear the air bubbles, and then push the extra medication back into the vial (even before removing the needle from the vial.) In the instance cited above, when I went to push it back in and redraw because of air bubbles, the needle did its "breakaway" thing, and had to be tossed, unused. This is not an advancement, IMO, not on a practical basis. My perspective is also needed in this article. JT (talk) 00:24, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
Boiler Room (2000 film) quote[edit]
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