Re: Needle sticks. Where to get needles tested.

From: Andrew Heenan (andrew3_at_heenan.net)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:42:30 +0100

"Don Saklad" wrote ...
> Where would needles be tested as a method of quality control
> in manufacturing and packaging needles to make sure that those
> needles would not end up with some infectious organisms?...

No. Needles are gamma irradiated after packaging. the chances of any stary
bugs getting through that is somewhat remote, and even accepting that kind
of miracle, one or two individual bugs would not be a viable infection risk.

It's not a physical problem; it's an anxiety issue.