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	Dublin Bus are investigating an incident in which a young girl was pricked with a used syringe while travelling on one of their vehicles.</p>
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	Parent Stacie Zambra had only just sat down at the back of the bus on Wednesday afternoon with her two children, when she noticed that her daughter Alysha&rsquo;s finger was &ldquo;pouring with blood&rdquo;.</p>
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	Ms Zambra has described how she then realised that her three-year-old girl had accidently jabbed herself with a contaminated needle, that had been left lying on the bus &ldquo;seat or floor&rdquo;.</p>
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	She told Today FM&#39;s Anton Savage show that she had to pull the syringe out of the little girl&rsquo;s finger and call for help from the bus driver.</p>
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	&ldquo;You could see clearly that there was half of liquid heroin in the syringe,&quot; she said.</p>
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	Emergency services were called to the scene near Bluebell, and Alysha was rushed to Crumlin Children&rsquo;s Hospital.</p>
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	Ms Zambra added: &ldquo;I heard the paramedics saying to the hospital that it was a heroin syringe.&rdquo;</p>
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	The worried woman is now waiting on HIV and Hepatitis C blood tests to see if the toddler has contracted any infections.</p>
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	The incident on route number 13 has been confirmed by Dublin Bus, and an investigation is now being carried out.</p>
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	&ldquo;Dublin Bus has very strict protocols and procedures in place, when dealing with incidents such as this, which the driver followed,&rdquo; a statement from the company said.</p>
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	&ldquo;He immediately requested the emergency services, informed Dublin Bus control centre, the bus was taken out of service and returned to its depot to be examined and cleaned.</p>
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	&quot;Passengers were transferred onto another service.&quot;</p>
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	The spokesperson added that &quot;incidents of this nature are a rare occurence&quot;.</p>
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	<a href="http://utv.ie/News/2015/09/24/Girl-3-jabbed-with-heroin-needle-on-Dublin-Bus-45575">http://utv.ie/News/2015/09/24/Girl-3-jabbed-with-heroin-needle-on-Dublin-Bus-45575</a></p>
