Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

you can Carrie the containment's to your next life

They sterilize the needle to guard against an infection in case the governor issues a reprieve at the last minute. It is solely for the convict's benefit, not to mention it's a law set down by OSHA, which is the government watch dog that protects the patients AND medical workers by setting guidelines to help prevent contamination to all persons involved in a procedure.

There really is very little risk of contamination to the person inserting the needle, especially since the convict is tied down, unless that person is extremely careless. In point, the bacteria most likely to cause an infection is not on the needle, but on the person's skin - unless the needle has been previously used, which is extremely improbable in a controlled environment since the majority of needles are in pre-packed, sterile packaging. The needle picks up the bacteria from the skin and transfers it into the blood stream. It can happen to anyone if the bacteria count on the skin is unusually high or infectious and everyone carries bacteria - no matter how much they bathe and disinfect..

So...If they didn't sterilize the needle, and the convict gets a reprieve, then the convict can sue the state or federal government for criminal negligence if he gets an infection, and the convict will win the suit. costing tax payers a ridiculous amount of money.

Because even though the injection is lethal, the doctors and authorities in charge still have a "duty of care" to the person about to die.

If by some total fluke the person were to live, and were then found to be not guilty, they would be able to sue the people in charge of the lethal injection process for malpractice because it is a cause of death that requires a medical procedure... and all medical procedures, by law, must comply with this "duty of care".

It's why they don't steralise bullets before shooting a person to death. Because shooting someone with a gun is not a medical procedure... but if for some strange reason it were then yeah, the bullets would be steralised and the gun checked to ensure it was going to work properly.

They do it for contamination, however, it is for the others who handle it. I mean, yes, I understand they are killing them why do it need to be sterile, but when putting the lethal elements into the needle, if it is not sterile, what happens if you slip when putting it in, and prick yourself. Then you have just infected yourself. So they use sterile needles more for the handling aspect, not because of the who the receiver of the injection is.

Otherwise it is a violation of law and dead against human rights.

Looking at all these capital punishments like hanging him by noose, injecting lethal substances, electrocuting; hitting by stones or any other sentences, they have some corrective or/and and deterrent effect on the minds of perpetrators of crime as well as the rest of the society in the area of law and order and morals and to teach what is the punishment for a crime. So it is called execution (we often hear people say they have executed certain job to the last word, may be the word has such a relation).

Not sterilizing according to a known procedure is violation of law in the eyes of justice as also ethics because; there should not be two sentences for one crime to be run concurrently. WE see instances where utmost care is taken of the cattle before they are butchered, like they are well fed, transported (at least in some countries) in the luxury of safety and comfort without causing injury and then killed eventually for food of course.

Finally if the executed convict has already wished to donate his body parts after death, his wish negates, as such donations of organs will become infected with disease through contamination of syringe.

So let the poor man or woman go to heaven as just deceased, not diseased. God bless him.

to keep some semblance of civility in what would otherwise be seen as an act of barbarism, thereby separating the "brutal" act of lethal injection from the convicted crimes committed by the person being sumbitted to lethal injection?

For safety methods of infections upon injection.

If by some miracle this person survives and gets an infection at the injection site....whoa!!

Big lawsuit? sad!

Because it is required by local health laws. Also, if it weren"t, the state or family could come back with a lawsuit and sue for wrongful death.

They use fistulas and not needles and they are one time only fistulas. Besides they can still pardon the person before they flip the switch.

Injection drill. Killing one with military precision.