Has RoboCop Got Diabetes?
Response to Berger et al.
- Barry H. Ginsberg, MD, PHD and
- Kenneth Strauss, MD
- From Becton Dickinson Medical Systems, Diabetes Care, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
- Address correspondence to Dr. Barry H. Ginsberg, BD Medical Systems, VP Medical Affairs, Diabetes Care, 1 Becton Dr., Franklin Lakes, NJ 07481. E-mail: barry_ginsberg{at}bd.com
We thank Berger et al. (1) for raising questions about the serious issue of reusing insulin syringes and pen needles. The source of the photographs used by Becton Dickinson is an independent study conducted in 1997 by Dr. Jacques Garden, Chairman of the Department of Metallurgy at the University of Grenoble, France (unpublished observation).
In Garden’s study, 80 diabetic patients from the Diabetes Service of Dr. Dieter Look returned their used pen needles and indicated the number of times each specific needle had been used. All needles were used in a customary fashion and spanned the range of manufacturer types, …
