11.   He added the students were enlightened on the disposable syringes used and on the safety measures taken by the hospital staff to avoid infections.

12.   He attributed the drop to prevention efforts such as free drug counseling and distribution of free disposable syringes and condoms.

13.   Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been issued with gas masks, gas capes and disposable syringes with shots to be used against nerve gas.

14.   Hospitals low on disposable syringes spread the fear of AIDS, and rumors abound about poor-quality serums producing health complications.

15.   In Romania, child AIDS cases occurred under the era of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, when disposable syringes were scarce.

16.   Large numbers of foreigners and Russians alike are afraid of medical tests in Russian clinics, citing unsanitary conditions and shortages of disposable syringes.

17.   Many foreigners and Russians alike are afraid of medical tests in Russian clinics, citing unsanitary conditions and shortages of disposable syringes.

18.   North Korean hospitals also lack disposable syringes and medicine.

19.   Russian medical clinics are notoriously unsanitary and most lack disposable syringes.

20.   The Interfax news agency said the Tushino engineering plant, which made the Buran, is now converting to consumer goods and produces everything from diapers to disposable syringes.