1.   Although most health officials maintain that the disease is spread to humans only through tick bites, Smith says she got it through a needle stick.

2.   At that point, she should get the needle out of the way to prevent needle sticks, the doctor claims.

3.   Administering the drug as an HIV preventive after needle sticks is not a approved use of nevirapine, said Sheila Burke, a spokeswoman for Boehringer Ingelheim.

4.   For larger tumors, multiple needle sticks may be needed.

5.   He compared the exposure to the monkeys as similar to inadvertent needle sticks among health care workers.

6.   Health-care workers who suffer accidental needle sticks must be on guard.

7.   In the survey, the doctor said she was comfortable performing the arterial line insertion when the needle stick occurred.

8.   It is believed to be much more difficult to acquire infections of AIDS or other forms of hepatitis through needle sticks.

9.   Last month, California became the first state in the nation to require the use of safety needles as protection against needle sticks.

10.   Phil Jackson loves to stick the needle in, loves to plant it deep it deep with a barbed tip.