Despite years of educational efforts, syringe and needle re-use remains problematic among a "small but disturbing percentage of clinicians in various healthcare settings," Gina Pugliese, vice president of the Premier Safety Institute, tells the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog. Although unsafe injection practices typically stem from a lack of awareness and mistaken beliefs--and not harmful intent--they have resulted in more than 30 outbreaks of infectious disease and the notification of more than 125,000 patients about potential exposure over just the last 10 years. Article