I have been working at a medium/maximum security prison for about 3 weeks. I am a little nervous at the way they do their insulins.
We have an east dispensary and a west dispensary. The inmates come to the dispensary and are held in the "bull pen". (The east side has about 60 diabetics that require finger sticks/injections.) Then one at a time they come to the nurse and receive their insulin. The nurse sits at a desk and the inmate sits in front of them. The nurse draws up their insulin and the syringe is handed to the inmate for them to administer themselves. Then when they are done they put it in the sharps box that is sitting on the desk. I have asked why they do it this way and I get "We havent had any problems yet... so this is how we continue to do it." I have not gotten a rationale yet.
Is this normal practice? I am just curious because I do not trust these guys.
