needle stick

[cure2015]

I had a needle stick injury while giving local anesthesia to a patient
I had vaccination of hepatitis b, but I m worried about hepatitis c
I have been tested for hiv and it was negative
I haven't got tested for hepatitis c
I have pain around my lower rib cage, I am scared
Could anyone tell me the chances of getting hepatitis c like this

[cure2015]

This thing happened over a year ago, at that time I was so much paranoid about hiv that I didnt think much about hepatitis c
Now its all over my head
I am keeping update to the clinical trials going for sofosbuvir, simprevir
and they might be available by next year
but I am really scared, I went through the horror of hiv testing and now I feel drained out
I am thinking about hcv pcr test but the test takes a week to give results and elisa for hcv has high flase positive
suggestions

[willbb]

Could anyone tell me the chances of getting hepatitis c like this
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It is certainly possible.Below is from a previous thread I commented(with link to site) on to a question similar that you may find useful.

good luck..
Will


There are certain protocols that need to be followed when anyone in the health care industry sustains any type of needle stick injury.

As suggested above ..report this to your employer and they will have protocols in place.

Good luck..
Will

Sharps Injury Log
The newly revised Bloodborne Pathogens Standard requires employers to “maintain
a sharps injury log for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated
sharps.”39 The log must contain, at a minimum, the following information:
• Date of the injury
• Type and brand of the device involved
• Department or work area where the incident occurred
• Explanation of how the incident occurred
39 2000


If you sustain a needlestick injury, take the following actions immediately:
• Wash the wound with soap and water.
• Alert your supervisor and initiate the injury reporting system used in your
workplace.
• Identify the source patient, who should be tested for HIV, hepatitis B, and
hepatitis C infections. Your workplace will begin the process to test the
patient by seeking consent.
• Report to employee health services, the emergency department, or other designated
treatment facility.
• Get tested immediately and confidentially for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis
C infections.
• Get PEP in accordance with CDC guidelines when the source patient is
unknown or tests positive for:
• HIV: Start prophylaxis within two hours of exposure. HIV PEP should
include a four-week regimen of two drugs (zidovudine [ZDV] and
lamivudine [3TC]; 3TC and stavudine [d4T]; or didanosine [ddI] and
d4T) for most exposures and an expanded regimen that includes a third
drug for HIV exposures that pose an increased risk for transmission.
When the source patient’s virus is known or suspected to be resistant to
one or more of the PEP drugs, the selection of drugs to which the source
patient’s virus is unlikely to be resistant is recommended.
• Hepatitis B: If vaccinated no treatment, but if unvaccinated get HBIG and
initiate HB vaccine series.
• Hepatitis C: No treatment is currently recommended, but you may want
to consult a specialist about experimental PEP.
• Document the exposure in detail, for your own records as well as for the
employer and for workers’ compensation. Under the new needlestick law,
employers must maintain a confidential sharps injury log that contains, at a
minimum, the type and brand of device involved in the incident, the department
or work area where the exposure incident occurred, and an explanation
of how the incident occurred.
Follow-Up:
• Get confidential follow-up, post-exposure testing at six weeks, three months,
and six months, and depending on the risk, at one year.
• Receive monitoring and follow-up of PEP.
• Take precautions (especially by practicing safe sex) to prevent exposing
others until follow-up testing is complete.
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• Don’t be afraid to seek additional information or a referral to an infectious
disease specialist if you have any questions. Also, consider counseling—a
needlestick injury can be traumatic, regardless of the outcome.
For more information, call the National Clinicians PEP Hotline at 1(888) 4484911
.http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/WorkplaceSafety/SafeNeedles/NeedlestickPrevention.pdf