“The story reports on “The One and Only Campaign,” a new public health initiative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC), to raise awareness among patients and healthcare providers about safe injection practices. Surprisingly, unsafe injection practices are not as rare as one might assume. Since 2001 more than 150,000 patients have been impacted by unsafe injection practices, with at least 48 documented disease outbreaks occurring, mostly in ambulatory care settings. The outbreaks involved hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and bacterial infections. The story explores the reasons for unsafe practices and examines how the CDC and other healthcare professionals are working to address this problem in the health care system.”
