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03-19-2009, 01:02 PM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an alert to health care professionals reminding them that single-patient insulin pens and insulin cartridges should not be used to administer medication to multiple patients due to the potential risk of transmitting blood-borne pathogens such as HIV and the hepatitis viruses.

More... (http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2009/NEW01976.html)