Damian Becker, spokesman for the hospital in Oceanside on
Long Island – near New York City – said no medical staff had been observed reusing the insulin pen reservoir. The warning was issued, however, because a nurse was overheard saying it was alright to do so.
"Once that was said, we then followed through with a report to the state Department of Health," hospital spokesman Damian Becker told the Long Island daily Newsday.