Plz provide info. On does it be reused!

HIV Prevention Community  52.1k Members    I did read your response to the above query and appreciate it. The reason why i'm posting this here (apart from the HIV prevention forum) is that you mentioned that in developing countries, hospitals DO tend to use reused needles.  I recently got an HIV rapid test done .Since then I have not been able to relax. I did not check the medical attendant unwrap a new needle before taking the sample. I went back to the hospital next day to confirm if only fresh needles are used by then and was told that vacutainers are used to withdraw samples. I then sat next to the attendant to see the procedure and get reassurance but unfortunately it simply reaffirmed my doubts.  When my blood sample was being collected, the blood squirted with pressure in a little canal (just next to where the needle ends). The end tube did not even look like a vacutainer to me and the procedure used on does it be reused