TY - JOUR T1 - Letter to the editor on the article ‘Implication of the EU directive on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector on procurement decisions’ JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy: Science and Practice JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm SP - 260 LP - 260 DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000325 VL - 20 IS - 4 AU - Andreas Wittmann Y1 - 2013/08/01 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/20/4/260.1.abstract N2 - I have read with great interest, your article ‘Implications of the EU Directive on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and healthcare sector on procurement decisions’ in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy,1 which concentrates on administering low-molecular-weight heparins with prefilled safety syringes.However, I was very surprised about your statement that for the product, innohep—which was one of the products tested in this context—‘surfaces could be contaminated during the process of making the needle … ER -