Vacutainer needle

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Vacutainer needle

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Can vacutainer needles without safety lock be used on other patient which is already used on previous patient? Will the blood clot and the needle will not work? Can anyone get hiv if accidentally blood drawn is down by a used vacutainer needle ? The blood is flowing outward not inward can this cause hiv?

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Dr. Tanusha T R General Physician 8 yrs exp Ghazipur · Accepted Answer

Dr. Tanusha T R

General Physician 8 yrs exp Ghazipur

Used needles either Syringe, vacutainer or iv set should be discarded and never reused

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