Sentences with phrase «contaminated needles»

(People infected with hepatitis C, often through contaminated needles from injection drug use, accounted for a large swath of paid donors.)

Unprotected sex between men remains the most common method of transmission, followed by sharing contaminated needles or having sex with people who fall into either of those categories.

These might, for example, include health workers injured accidentally by contaminated needles.

Transmitted through the blood, the main culprits in spreading the disease include biting flies or ticks or infected blood transferred on contaminated needles or other equipment.

A nurse who has accidentally jabbed herself with an AIDS contaminated needle says she feels numb now that ten of her co-workers have died of AIDS.

The panel's report concludes that American laws «unwittingly» contribute to the sharing of contaminated needles, and that «needle exchange programmes can be effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not increase the use of illegal drugs».

Hepatitis C is transmitted when an infected person's blood enters a healthy person's bloodstream, for example, via contaminated needles (including unsterilized tattoo needles), accidental needlesticks in healthcare workers, and less often, unprotected sex.

Many abusers who inject anabolic steroids may use nonsterile injection techniques or share contaminated needles with other abusers.

Those guidelines do caution against blood - borne infections caused by multiple - use pigments, and the possibility of HIV / AIDS transmission through contaminated needles.

Transmitted through the blood, the disease is spread by biting flies or ticks or infected blood transferred on contaminated needles or other equipment.

But you could get an infection (anything from staph to HIV) from a contaminated needle, which might pass to your baby through your breast milk.

Health care workers who handle HIV - contaminated needles and other sharp objects are at risk of accidental needlesticks that can lead to infection.

Both vaccines protect against the hepatitis B virus, which is spread through sexual contact or contaminated needles and blood.

Less common, but possible causes of transmission of the virus include through fleas, blood transfusions or contaminated needles.

EIA can also be transmitted through contaminated needles, syringes, surgical equipment or infected blood transfusions.

Some less common but possible causes of transmission include fleas, blood transfusions or contaminated needles.