Via The Mercury :
" GROUP of southern Tasmanian high school students have undergone tests for possible blood-borne viruses after a teacher decided to take blood tests from a class a month ago.
Eighteen Grade 9 and 10 students were attempting to test the PH levels of their blood in the class experiment.
The science teacher made an attempt to sterilise the needle with methylated spirits between tests.
Dr Roscoe Taylor, Director of Public Health said methylated spirits would not prevent the transmission of HIV or Hepatitis B or C.
"The risk of transmission is extremely low in this age group, but it is always a risk to share needles," he said.
"This is an incident that should not have happened."
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