Is it accepted practice to use 'single patient use' Botox vials for multiple patients?

April 24, 2017
Asked By:sdow16 in Staten Island, NY

I used a different plastic surgeon for my last Botox. After the injection looked at the tray.. the vial said single patient use.. 50u.. I received 11u, empty vial. He said they use 1 new vial every 24h, swab it with alcohol between pts. Is this standard practice? I keep thinking of the ED in Vegas where multiple pts got Hep C from lidocaine vials. If 1 provider isn't being careful.. I could have been exposed. I'm an ED nurse by profession.. so I'm familiar with protocol. Is this normal?

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