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(B)(6) SAID "ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ISSUE, I CAN SPEAK ABOUT MY OWN EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF MY FELLOW TECHNICIANS HAD REGARDING THE SYRINGES. THE METHOD I USE WHEN UNWRAPPING THEM IS I OPEN ALL THE SYRINGES AND PUT THEM INTO THE CARDBOARD BOX, BUT MANY OF THE PLASTIC CAPS WERE COMING OFF OF THE NEEDLES. I NOTICED THIS WHEN I REACHED IN TO GRAB A HANDFUL OF THEM AND WAS STUCK BY A FEW "HOT" NEEDLES. I IMMEDIATELY PUT A WARNING ON THE BOX FOR OTHER TECHS TO SEE AND TO USE CAUTION. BUT WITHIN A FEW HOURS, ANOTHER TECH WAS OPENING EACH SYRINGE ONE AT A TIME AND THE CAPS WERE FALLING OFF WITHOUT MUCH DISTURBANCE, AND SHE WAS ALSO STUCK A COUPLE OF TIMES. NOTHING SEVERE. I WOULD NORMALLY IGNORE THIS BUT BECAUSE I HAD JUST PURCHASED SUCH A LARGE QUANTITY OF THEM, I FIGURED IT WAS WORTH REPORTING. I TRIED TO RECREATE THE SCENARIO AND OPEN A FEW SYRINGES SO THAT YOU CAN HOPEFULLY SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. "