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    TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:

    Title: Hypodermic syringes with "Retractable Technology" safety feature
    Type: Text Slide with Image
    Content: Illustration of hypodermic syringes with "retractable technology" safety feature showing both protected and unprotected positions

    Speaker Notes:

    After injecting medication, further depression of the plunger activates a mechanism that retracts needle into the syringe.

    Activated (used) syringe must then be placed in a sharps box and treated as regulated waste.
 
 
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