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Table 1 Dead space in high and low dead space needle and syringe combinations

From: Options for reducing HIV transmission related to the dead space in needles and syringes

Syringe

Needle

Mean

Standard deviation

Dead space

Type/dead space

  

Low

Low

3.0

2.0

High

Low

13.0

1.8

Low

High

45.0

4.2

High

High

98.9

21.0