Cross-Contamination Errors Using Insulin Pens

Some hospitals are taking cost
containment to extremes, at least at the nurse levels.  This involves the reuse or multiple use
of insulin pens among several patients. I have even been a victim of
this. When I could not be sure that the insulin pen had not been
used previously, I refused to let them use it on me. The nurse
became angry and said their was no danger of cross-contamination. I