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Safe Injection Practices

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has
established a set of recommendations as “Safe

Injection Practices” which are designed to prevent
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the transmission of preventable disease during

administration of injectable medications. Resources
including print materials and videos are available on the

site as well.

CDC recommendations include:

• Use aseptic technique when handling injection supplies.

• Never reuse needles, lancets, cannula, or syringes - these
are sterile, single-use items.

» A new, clean needle and syringe should always be

used to access a multi-dose vial.

» Infusion and administration sets (i.e., intravenous

bags, tubing, and connectors) should be used for one
patient only and disposed properly after use.

• Use single-dose vials for parenteral medications whenever
possible.

» Do not administer medications from single-dose vials

or ampules to multiple patients.

» All single-dose vials or vials without preservatives

must be discarded at time of use and not reserved for
further use.

» If multi-dose vials must be used, both the needle or

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