European governments and rights groups say the Libyan Health Ministry failed to screen blood products adequately, and allowed poor sterilization practices by the staff of Al Fateh Children's Hospital.

There have been complaints over the years of improper or inadequate sterilization practices at clinics across the country.

Reuse of medical supplies such as syringes and needles or poor sterilization practices are problems in China, contributing to transmission of diseases such as hepatitis, which is endemic in China.

Such admonitions led to stricter sterilization practices.

It can also be spread by contaminated dental instruments, though sterilization practices make this unlikely.

Several Western doctors here have suggested that sterilization practices are inadequate in most of the country and disposable needles are not available, increasing the risk of contracting hepatitis through infected needles.

He also protested the sterilization practices in the U.S. of Puerto Ricans and the passive immigration of Puerto Ricans to the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends inquiring about a tattoo shop's sterilization practices.

Activists for the rights of women of color subsequently expanded their attentions from a focus on unfair sterilization practices and high rates of teen pregnancy among women of color to include the promotion of a more inclusive platform to advance the rights of all women.

These "undesirables" were seen as unfit to have children and were bred out of the population through sterilization practices.