Physicians are encouraged to remain knowledgeable about the use of bone density measurement as the demand grows. The Messenger, No. 45, January, 1996. Their procedures had been performed immediately after a similar procedure on an HIV positive patient. Contamination of a multidose vial of local anesthetic solution is the suspected vehicle of HIV transmission between these patients. Many reports and studies confirm that contaminated multidose vials can harbor live virus, including HIV and hepatitis B for several hours.
Contamination can only occur if the vial is entered with a previously used needle or syringe.
Physicians should alert their nursing staff and clinical assistants to this hazard. Everyone can play a role in preventing the inadvertent contamination or the use of contaminated vials. The Messenger, No. 44, November, 1995. Alberta Prescriptions in BC Prescription written by Alberta physicians can be filled by pharmacists in British Columbia. The BC College of Pharmacists wishes to draw this to the attention of Alberta physicians, because they say that doctors here are sometimes unwilling to provide verbal prescription authorizations for new and refill prescriptions for their patients, for BC pharmacists.