Hello there,
I recently went to a walk-in clinic located in an area where bloodborne diseases are highly prevalent.
The doctor orders blood drawn. While I'm waiting, I observe an employee of the clinic carrying urine samples without gloves on. This same employee eventually comes in to draw my blood.
I did not observe him wash his hands. Without gloves on, he ties my arm and feels for the vein.
Once located, he puts gloves on, uses the alcohol swab, but then proceeds to rip the fingers off one of the gloves
and feel my arm again with his bare hand. He then inserts the needle.
Given that I did not observe any hand washing (either before or after) and had seen him carrying urine samples without gloves, do I need to be concerned about this? If he's drawing blood in a similar fashion from an HIV+ patient right before me, not washing his hands, etc., is this putting me at risk?
I mentioned it to my new doctor, and he said that the gloves are mainly to protect him, not me, and that I'm fine.
Do I need to be tested?
Thank you.