The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 20 advised healthcare providers to stop using certain syringes and needles manufactured by China-based medical device maker Guangdong Haiou Medical Apparatus Co. (HAIOU) to administer COVID-19 vaccines due to safety issues. The FDA said it has received information about quality issues, including that certain HAIOU needles were detaching from the syringe and getting stuck in patient’s arm after injection, according to Reuters. There were also a few incidents involving accidental needlestick injuries to healthcare providers. The agency has recommended against use of two of the company’s syringe-needle combinations, the 1mL syringe with 25Gx 1-inch needle and the 1mL syringe with 23G x 1-inch needle, until further notice. A pharmacist confirmed to Reuters that syringes made by the company have been shipped for use with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. However, an FDA spokesperson said that the products had stopped being shipped in COVID-19 vaccination kits as of …