Still happening

Things may have changed in the US, but in the rest of the world everything is very much the same. I live in Eastern Europe and my brother is a doctor. He had never heard of safety syringes before. They use the regular plastic ones and yes, accidents still happen. Heck, it even happened to my dentist; she was injecting anesthetic into my gum when I suddenly flinched and she scratched her finger. Fortunately I'm a healthy guy. Also, the hospital purchasing organizations are corrupt as hell. They are being bribed to buy only certain products and work only with certain suppliers. My brother frequently complains that getting better equipment is a nightmare; it's close to impossible to persuade the purchasing guys. And there's not much you can do about it. The hospital bureaucracy doesn't care, and you need definitive proof in order to go to a government agency. Also, it's way more difficult and expensive to sue somebody than it's in the US. So in the end nobody does anything. I'd personally try to get those guys, but I don't work in the system and my brother is too busy to start a war with another hospital division. I suspect similar things happen in most developing countries. Place some people in a position of power and they will become corrupt and start abusing it.