Infection scare at public school when 15 pupils stabbed with needle

Tinsulin penwo pupils, 14, expelled after infection scare at public school when 15 pupils were stabbed with needle.

  • Two schoolboys jabbed classmates at a top public school with needle
    Teenagers used a diabetic pen found in a classroom, it was reported
    Needle is usually used to test blood sugar levels for people with diabetes

The pair, both 14, were dismissed from the school in south England after claims they found a used diabetes pen, which normally tests levels of glucose in the blood, belonging to a pupil before attacking their classmates with it.

School authorities alerted the police and public health officials, who recommended that the students be tested for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV, it is claimed.

They used the needle of the diabetes pen, believed to have been left behind by someone with the condition, which is usually used to test levels of glucose in the blood.

Teachers immediately called the police and public health officials, with affected students undergoing emergency tests.

The police took no further action but the boys were expelled.

A spokesman for the school said: ‘We can confirm that an incident took place at the school last month involving a diabetic testing pen.

‘The incident was extremely concerning and as soon as we became aware of it all parents of pupils involved were contacted immediately and given the advice received from public health experts.

‘While the risk of infection was low or negligible, children affected were advised to have blood tests all of which proved negative.’

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