Medical school is a bear. Med students have to endure long hours, little sleep, and tons of pressure. And, getting stuck by needles. According to one study, med students on track to become surgeons get stuck often. Of the nearly 700 med school graduates studied, more than eighty percent reported having been stuck by a needle at some point during their training. And nearly half didn’t bother to report the injury, or didn’t feel the need. Well, so what? Doctors in training handle a lot of needles, whether for giving shots or sewing up surgical wounds. So maybe an occasional needle stick simply comes with the territory. Maybe, but it can also be dangerous. Getting stuck with a needle used on a patient with HIV or some other contagious disease is obviously a problem. And the fact that so many medical students are apparently getting stuck on a regular basis could mean that medical schools aren’t doing enough to train students how to properly handle needles.