New disposable syringes are available for as little as one rupee (1½p) each.

During those periods there were no disposable syringes and so everything had to be sterilized carefully.

Initially made of glass, in 1961 plastic disposable syringes became available.

When plastic disposable syringes displaced glass in the late 1960s, the range of its precision bore product was diversified.

The ability to use disposable syringes prevented blood borne infection transmission from patient to patient.