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Harvard Dining Services Find Used Needles

February 1, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Among dirty dishes and utensils, Harvard dining workers have been finding used hypodermic needles on trays sent to the kitchen, the Harvard Crimson reports. Officials suspect the needles are probably not being left maliciously but most likely are left over from insulin shots. In response, the school has set up a sharp objects disposal receptacle and encouraged workers to wear cutproof gloves. "People work here, OK?" said one dishwasher. "I don't know what they think. So why do they send [the needles] here? They don't care for us?"

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