Are You Following Safe Injection Practices? To help ensure patient safety, make sure you follow safe injection best practices. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) One & Only Campaign aims to eliminate infections resulting from unsafe injection practices. Learn more and access resources here.[1]

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Tools & Resources

Safe Injection Questions and Answers Is it acceptable to leave a needle inserted in the septum of a medication vial for multiple medication draws? Click here to see the answer and read more. View more provider resources

What Patients Need to Know About Safe Injections This brochure will help patients learn more about safe injection practices and help them become an active partner in their healthcare. Download brochure.  View more patient resources

Best Practices in Action!

Check Your Steps! Make Every Injection Safe: Single-dose and Multi-dose Vials

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[1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/1anonly.html

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This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for California, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication No. CA-11SOW-ASC-06202017-01