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| 129 | The World Health Organization's 2015 guideline extends the argument to injections generally, recommending syringes with reuse-prevention features and, separately, syringes with sharps-injury-protection features for injections in healthcare settings. The guideline is explicit that its recommendations are directed at healthcare settings and that the evidence base for effectiveness rests substantially on observational before-and-after studies rather than on randomised comparisons.{{r|who2015sharps}} | 129 | The World Health Organization's 2015 guideline extends the argument to injections generally, recommending syringes with reuse-prevention features and, separately, syringes with sharps-injury-protection features for injections in healthcare settings. The guideline is explicit that its recommendations are directed at healthcare settings and that the evidence base for effectiveness rests substantially on observational before-and-after studies rather than on randomised comparisons.{{r|who2015sharps}} |
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| + | 131 | Two procedural rules predate device engineering and remain in force. Needles are not to be recapped by hand, because recapping requires bringing the point toward a hand; where recapping is unavoidable a one-handed technique is specified. And sharps are not to be passed between people or left on surfaces, but placed directly into a container at the point of use, which requires that a container be present there.{{r|osha1910,elder2006}} | |
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| 131 | == References == | 133 | == References == |
| 132 | {{reflist}} | 134 | {{reflist}} |