Injection safety and its impact in India: a literature analysis.
Indian J Public Health
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2004 Jan-Mar; 48(1): 34-6
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-110003
ABSTRACT
Unsafe injection practices have been implicated in the worldwide spread of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV or any parasitic disease with a blood phase, such as malaria, filaria and syphilis. Review of injection safety in India also revealed that use of injection is often inappropriate, injections are administered with unreliable safety measures. Studies in India have documented the association of injection use and spread of hepatitis C and kala-azar also. Some measures to address the issue are also discussed.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Safety
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Humans
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Hepatitis C
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India
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Injections
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Public Health
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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