2007-03-06 11:04:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
They don't sterilize needles for lethal injection, they use sterile needles. It would be very costly to have needles and IV catheters specially made for the few people who are executed by lethal injection. Prisons have hospitals or infirmaries, and they have IV catheters bought in bulk through the same processes as any other medical facility. They are sterilized not on-site or at the wholesaler's but at the manufacturer's.
2007-03-06 20:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems like an ironic question but the truth is this. They are required by law to cleanse the needle as the person being injected is still a 'living' person. This means that if the individual receives an 'infection' or any type bacterial traces from the needle the family of the person could sue for malpractice. Although the end result is death for the person, they have to be treated with the same manners as the living while they are 'still alive'.
2007-03-06 11:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the most insane thing to do since it is totally redundant. I broke my head to find a plausible reason and the only thing I could come up with, was that they sterilize the needle of a lethal injection out of habit.
2007-03-06 11:13:21 · answer #3 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's against the law to use contaminated needles -regardless of who it is being used on. Besides if the doctor administering the injection uses an insterile needle he/she could be charged with malpractice. Sucks but true, wait - that didn't sound very nice sorry.
2007-03-06 12:02:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To maintain best practices.
The doctor, nurse or tech who is starting the IV probably has a job working somewhere else. In their OTHER job, they probably don't want to kill or harm their patients.
In the medical field, you want healthcare workers to deliver excellent care. Excellence is a habit. If you think that you can be sloppy just because "it doesn't matter *this* time," you begin to develop bad habits. These can carry over to the next time you provide care to patient, except that *this* time, it might matter a lot.
2007-03-06 11:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if the person survived? Then they could sue the government if they became ill, not to mention the cost of medications used to get them well enough to try again.
2007-03-06 11:19:25 · answer #6 · answered by my 2 cents 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sterlization protects the person administering the injection as well as the person receiving it.
2007-03-06 11:12:46 · answer #7 · answered by whitney g 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called respect for the procedure. It has nothing to do with the patient at all.
2007-03-06 11:36:46 · answer #8 · answered by Rudy R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think there's any professional out there that still uses reusable syringes and needles
2007-03-06 13:10:53 · answer #9 · answered by ♦cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~So as to be sure the "patient" doesn't contract AIDS. The medicaid on that is brutal.
2007-03-06 14:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋