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Originally Posted by Zephyrus
Is this true? I haven't read it anywhere, but I heard that in Russia, their medical doctors use the same needles over and over again. They just sterilize them. Is that true? And how do other countries medical standards compared to ours?
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To add to the nice explanation Dr. BigRedBeta said:
A VERY LONG TIME AGO they did have large gauged, autoclavable needles wrapped in glass. I have seen them and have used them for research scientific purposes. As for human use, the time I saw them was in the mid-70's to early 80's. "Hamilton Syringes" was the company that made them until sterile plastics were developed... You also did not have small bore gauged needles--like the insulin 30-36 gauge needle syringes like it is now.
Some countries have not had medical equipment upgrades for many years... Some countries have ZERO medical equipment, and clinical labs--like a basic clinical centrifuge is missing... The agency "PATH" is into developing these "user friendly" technologies to "Global Health concerns"...
Autoclavable materials can kill most pathogens, but not ALL pathogens, and definitely not prions or new infective agents. It is thought that aberrant microRNAs can be highly contagious because of its possible ribozyme or structural malformations--this is very cutting edge and speculation at this time. And microRNAs can be at least a 10-20mer sized... That's a primer!!!
And to Dr. BigRedBeta,
That is what frustrates me about some foreign medical education systems... Oh well... I have heard that if the USMLE was taken by some folks, they are unable to pass it... So in some ways, MD is different levels of education from one country to the next. Which makes the US system pretty good compared to other excellent countries, like Germany, Sweden, France, England and Australia.
And yeah, US
public health is in shambles... Unfortunately, someone can have the Nobel Prize in Medicine, cure cancer, be a fantastic surgeon, but it is our "system" of health care at this time that gives us our ridiculously poor treatment outcomes. I hope this changes, I have researched and worked in this area too long and I am so dismayed--there is no reason for what we are seeing!!! And I have heard the same sighs from physicians regarding this lunacy...
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