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Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices Limited (HMD) on Tuesday launched India’s
first auto disable syringes in the state. The syringes cannot be reused and any
attempt to do so would break it. The syringe, Kojak Selinge, has been developed
in technical collaboration with Star Syringe of the United Kingdom and is priced
at Rs 5.25 per piece for a two milliliter (ml) capacity syringe.
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syringe are available in 0.5 ml, 2 ml, 5 ml and 10 ml capacities. In India, more
than 7.8 million people suffer from infections caused due to the use of unsafe
syringes, of these 4.75 lakh people die every year as a result of these
infections, HMD general Manager (marketing) Pardeep Sareen said. Sareen said
that according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) survey, 30 per cent of
syringes used for immunization are reused, despite they being the disposable
variety. Indian Association of Paediatrics president Dr Y C Mathur said auto
disable syringes are the need of the hour, as in many cases disposable syringes
are reused. With the state ranking second in the number of estimated HIV
positive cases, doctors must pledge to ensure that only auto-disable or
non-reusable syringes are used, he said. |
