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I asked thi would like to ask a question about hiv and std's. I recently went and had blood drawn at a labcorp and I noticed that the nurse or phlebotomist had a puncture/hole in her glove which she did not replace from the previous patient/patients. Now she had some red stain on her glove which could have been blood from the previous patient or it could have been blood from herself as she may have had a cut where blood had seeped thru her hole in the glove. so my questions are 1) if the phlebotomist did have a cut where blood seeped thru the puncture hole in the glove and she was in fact HIV positive or had some other std could she have infected me if she touched the needle and accidently put on the needle before going into my arm. Im worried about the thought of her contaminating the needle before injecting it in my arm; and 2) if the previous patient had HIV and got blood on the phlebotomists gloves and then touched the needle thereby contaminating the needle before injecting in my arm could I get HIV or any other STD? 3) could the phlebotomist have infected me by touching my puncture wound with infected blood on her gloves from herself or the previous patient..Im sorry for the length and detail of the questions but im freaked out bc the nurse/phlebotomist never changed gloves from the previous patient and seeing red stain scared me. thank you.
Best Answer
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host.
Her blood gettin on the needle would not be considered a contaminated needle? Sorry I promise that this is the last question for u. I'm getting engaged and just wanna be thorough my research. Thanks
Even if the nurse or phlebotomist had HIV herself. No Risk.
Hi teak. I'm not sure if my last post went thru. My phone battery was very low and reception very low. But here it is. Sorry if u got this twice.
hyt3
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To: Teak
Even if the nurse/phlebotomist had HIV herself and her blood got on the needle and was then injected in me? I thought that a contaminated needle pushed that deep within my body would be a cause for concern? And also does this go for other stds like hepatitis, other blood borne diseases and herpes etc? Thanks again. This is my last set of questions. I do not want to take up to much of Ur time.
hyt3
34 minutes
To: Teak
Even if the nurse/phlebotomist had HIV herself and her blood got on the needle and was then injected in me? I thought that a contaminated needle pushed that deep within my body would be a cause for concern? And also does this go for other stds like hepatitis, other blood borne diseases and herpes etc? Thanks again. This is my last set of questions. I do not want to take up to much of Ur time.
Even if the nurse/phlebotomist had HIV herself and her blood got on the needle and was then injected in me? I thought that a contaminated needle pushed that deep within my body would be a cause for concern? And also does this go for other stds like hepatitis, other blood borne diseases and herpes etc? Thanks again. This is my last set of questions. I do not want to take up to much of Ur time.
Hi Teak-
Thank u for ur response. I really appreciate it. Is this a no risk situation and if so why? I asked one too many questions by mistake on the expert ask a doctor forum bc I didn't realize I could ask follow up questions on my original thread and thus posted two separate questions and paid two fees for a question that should have been on a single thread. Thanks again and look forward to Ur response
Thank u for ur response. I really appreciate it. Is this a no risk situation and if so why? I asked one too many questions by mistake on the expert ask a doctor forum bc I didn't realize I could ask follow up questions on my original thread and thus posted two separate questions and paid two fees for a question that should have been on a single thread. Thanks again and look forward to Ur response
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