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Sat 12 Dec 2006HSE finds syringes in open area of nursing homeHealth Service Executive (HSE) officials who visited a nursing home in Co Wicklow in October found that syringes were stored in an open area and fire escape doors on the building's top and middle floors were not locked.The regulation breaches are contained in the most recent batch of nursing home inspection reports published this week by the HSE.