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>Health officials now say that Mr. Ghanghro is unlikely to be the sole cause of the outbreak. Visiting health workers saw many cases of doctors reusing syringes
by fouc 7y ago
>Health officials now say that Mr. Ghanghro is unlikely to be the sole cause of the outbreak. Visiting health workers saw many cases of doctors reusing syringes and I.V. needles. Barbers take the same razor to the faces of multiple customers, they said, and roadside dentists crack away at patients’ teeth on sidewalks with unsterilized tools.
- andrewstuart 7y agoEven here in Melbourne the barber offers to use a cutthroat razor to give the neck a clean shave after a haircut. He's always a little puzzled when I'm "no thanks" to the razor.
- solstice 7y agoWoah, I never thought about this possibility.
- andrewstuart 7y agoEven if you don't get HIV from the razor you could still get one of the forms of hepatitis. I've never seen a barber with an autoclave for cleaning his equipment.
- Consultant32452 7y agoBarbicide kills HIV and hepatitis.
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- SighDucks 7y agoDon't they usually have disposable blades? The barbers in Melb I go to do.
- technion 7y agoI can't speak for their situation but the standard here is that when a barber holds up something that looks like a cut throat razor, it's a "shavette", which actually takes a disposable blade.
- 9HZZRfNlpR 7y agoSame here, and I live in a poor country. First he sticks the metal tool into some liquid, to sterilize it, then opens new disposable blade in front of you and installs it to machine.
- xeromal 7y agoGenuine question, if the razor is soaked in barbosol(?) between uses, is it not thoroughly disinfected. Aren't most medical tools metal? If a barber used an autoclave, would it be acceptable then?
- andrewstuart 7y ago>> If a barber used an autoclave, would it be acceptable then If I trusted that the autoclave was properly used, of course. Same as the dentist.
- aaron695 7y agoI always get a cut throat when in the 3rd world. So far they have always put on a new razor without asking. 10 cents for a blade. I'm sure in Melbourne they can afford it. At their wages reusing duller blades would cost them more in lost time. There's also no evidence anyone has gotten HIV from a razor or it's really possible.
- knzhou 7y agoJesus. These are the medical standards of the early 19th century. On net, it's probably better than nothing at all, but there is so much further to go.
- ehsankia 7y agoThe paragraph before was far more perplexing to me. > The doctor recently renewed his medical certificate and now works as a general practitioner at a government hospital on the outskirts of Ratodero, despite laws that make the reuse of syringes an offense that is not eligible for bail. So he was arrested for it, then while still not convicted, got a new certificate and is back at it?
- abdullahkhalids 7y agoUnfortunately, he was probably able to bribe the local police/magistrate to grant him bail.
- keithnoizu 7y agohe should have used that bribe money to buy syringes. They aren't expensive.