if someone is going to be executed by lethal injection.... why do they use a sterilised needle???
920509
The answers so far are nonsensical. It is nothing to do with the possibility of a reprieve, nor any concern over infection. \n\nThe needles used in executions of black people who have (or frequently, haven't) killed white people in the US are "one-time-only" sterile steel IV catheter needles which are purchased in "peel open" packets. They are taken out of the packet, used, and disposed of, exactly the same way they would be on a patient who survives the medical procedure involved, as opposed to otherwise, as is the case with lethal injections. The reason sterilised needles are used is simple: no medical supply house in the world sells unsterilised catheter needles. Why would they?
692645
NOPE, AN EYE FOR AN EYE!\n\nWHAT ABOUT THE VICTIM'S RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?\n\nLETHAL INJECTION OR FIRING SQUAD ISNT REALLY CRUEL OR UNUSUAL.\n\nVICTIMS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!\n\nCRUEL AND USUAL WOULD BE FEEDING THE CONVICT TO A GATOR OR SHARK, ETC.\n\nP.S. - WHERE I COME FROM, WE CHOP OFF THE OFFENDING BODY PART!
160725
Prick it with sterilized needle.
621630
I don't know officially why.  But, my guess would be that if they did not sterilize it, some lawyer would convince a judge it was cruel and unusual punishment.  Or, maybe it is because it is good medical practice.  And if you did not sterilize it for the lethal injection, you may forget to sterilize a needle when giving a different type of injection to someone.
541830
There has been a lot on the news lately about DNA proving people innocent. I'm all for that but, like you, believe if someone commits a crime that requires the death sentence that's what they should get. Death. When you have someone confess to a murder and relates the details and is able to take you to the body what else do we need to know? I also don't believe the inmate should know when they're going to die. Their victim(s) (in case of murderers) didn't know when they were going to die and have time to tell their family that they loved them and see them one more time. Unfortunately, we can't punish the guilty inmate without punishing his innocent family. \n\nI would, however, like to see a plan implemented that would make use of prisoners for life or death row inmates to be utilized to test affects of new products and drugs for human consumption. I have never believed in using animals for testing. If you want to know how a product affects a human then test it on a human. No more guessing at what's going on. A human can verbalize what an animal can't. Not only could the testing time be possibly shortened and the product able to be used by the general public much sooner, but would give them the opportunity to give something back to the society they have taken from. Along with this their families could hold their heads up once more in the fact that their convicted family member IS giving something back instead of only taking. Not only would testing time be saved but possibly money as well. Not to mention the accuracy of the testing to begin with.
127138
Some people feel that the needle exchange program is immoral because they don't look at the fact that it could help prevent the infection of hiv.  They think it is a way of saying "Here's a needle, now go shoot up."  They feel you are giving them permission to do drugs.
171261
just in case the doctor giving the injection sticks himself.
335402
Just a guess would be a combination of habit (as the other answerer so far has said), and perhaps the extremely unlikely possibility that there will be a reprieve of some sort after the IV lines go in, but before the lethal injection is released. So they'd do the sterile-site thing so there'd be a decreased chance of the prisoner getting some blood-borne disease. \n\nIt's very good question, though. The prison system will go to great lengths to keep a deathrow inmate alive so that s/he'll be healthy at the time of execution. That's justice, no?
531995
Or tiny lethal injection needles....
913404
I have been injecting people for almost 50 years & have only had to pull the needle out once as it was in a vessel.  NSS will not hurt anyone & is iostonic.  Not to worry.  You may have been pulling on the plunger when you took the needle out.  When you pull back on the syringe, be sure to wait a second to be sure there is no blood.  goood luck - you'll be fine!
458775
Trust me, you'd know. Those needles are such a large gauge, there's no way you could confuse them for a flu booster. This is the kind of administration that would impelement that kind of project in plain site of the media and public, because they know full well no one will go against them for fear of being labled an America-hating terrorist-loving traitor.
596695
It is only to assuage our own guilt that they are given a last meal. In reality we are no better off than the killers themselves if we have to resort to dealing death in retribution. think about this, how is killing different for the legal system? What are the alternatives to the death penalty? Why are we not using and advertising their usage more?---It really makes you wonder about the cruelty and the overall lack of compassion in our societies judicial system.--"You kill someone in the state of Texas, We'll kill you back" Ron White--\n--Food for Thought--
235089
This sounds like a safer procedure than putting a foreign object in your body...hmmm...
185267
I would report it to the authority's as soon as possible before he gets out and then and also to the disease control center.It is the same as killing someone if it gets out off control. if he gets away with it he will pass it one to someone else. how can someone that does this kind of thing even live with themselves. I sure would persue this and good luck to you and God Bless.
1028850
yeah, cuz it traps oxygen, and if u inject oxygen in someone's vein, they could instantly die.
229630
Assuming that you use the syringes legally, you should have a sharps container to put them into. You can then usually take that to the local hospital for disposal.  My cousin does this. The hospital allows her to exchange the container for an empty one about every other month. So far as I know, the don't charge her for doing that. Hope this helps.
158902
Once a murderer is executed, they WILL NEVER hurt anyone ever again. No possibility of escape.  The death penalty give the victim's family peace of mind.  It's hard to think that the murderer is still alive when your loved one is dead because of that monster.