Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
About 80 students and staff at a Winnipeg school are being tested for HIV and hepatitis, after the same diabetes testing pen was used on each person.
Southeast Collegiate had invited a University of Manitoba pediatrics professor to speak to students as part of a diabetes awareness day on May 4.
As part of the professor's talk, he tested blood sugar levels on about 80 students and staff at the school's request, according to university officials.
But the professor, who is not a physician and was not authorized by the university to perform such a procedure, used a glucometer pen available at any pharmacy.
Although the professor did change the lancet ? the pricking needle ? between each test, and performed proper sterilization procedures, the glucometer device is not intended to be used on multiple people because there is the chance of infection.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/06/06/mb-diabetes-tests-southeast-collegiate.html
Southeast Collegiate had invited a University of Manitoba pediatrics professor to speak to students as part of a diabetes awareness day on May 4.
As part of the professor's talk, he tested blood sugar levels on about 80 students and staff at the school's request, according to university officials.
But the professor, who is not a physician and was not authorized by the university to perform such a procedure, used a glucometer pen available at any pharmacy.
Although the professor did change the lancet ? the pricking needle ? between each test, and performed proper sterilization procedures, the glucometer device is not intended to be used on multiple people because there is the chance of infection.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/06/06/mb-diabetes-tests-southeast-collegiate.html