CEO SUMMARY: News that a phlebotomist employed by SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories (SBCL) was discovered to be washing and reusing needles got national media attention last week. During her 22-month employment at SBCL, this phlebotomist apparently reused butterfly needles on “difficult to draw” patients. Ramifications of this discovery will affect not only SBCL, but the […]
- "Discovery Shocks Public"
SBCL Phlebotomist Found Reusing Needles in Calif.
Every lab manager’s nightmare comes true as national news media headlines the story
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume VI No. 6 - April 26, 1999 Issue
