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Reusable holder - dangerous?
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I have a new question, and I want to know your opinions..
Two weeks ago, I went to a Blood Center to donate blood for my father who was preparing for a surgery. The nurse take a blood sample for the predonations screening tests. She used a new needle, new vacutainer, but a REUSABLE VACUTAINER HOLDER!. I didn`t saw any blood spot inside or outside the vacuntainer holder, but who knows..
The predonations screening test was negative for all test such HIV, Hep C, Hep B, Treponema Pallidum. Also, the blood collection kit was new !
When I go back home I read some articles and they say that this practice (reusable holder) is dangerous, and the REUSABLE HOLDER can be contamined, even we don`t see visible blood spots and can transmit infectious diseases!! (https://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib101503.html)
Can i get HIV or Hep. C for that REUSABLE HOLDER?
I`m very scared...please I tell me your opinions...
I have a new question, and I want to know your opinions..
Two weeks ago, I went to a Blood Center to donate blood for my father who was preparing for a surgery. The nurse take a blood sample for the predonations screening tests. She used a new needle, new vacutainer, but a REUSABLE VACUTAINER HOLDER!. I didn`t saw any blood spot inside or outside the vacuntainer holder, but who knows..
The predonations screening test was negative for all test such HIV, Hep C, Hep B, Treponema Pallidum. Also, the blood collection kit was new !
When I go back home I read some articles and they say that this practice (reusable holder) is dangerous, and the REUSABLE HOLDER can be contamined, even we don`t see visible blood spots and can transmit infectious diseases!! (https://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib101503.html)
Can i get HIV or Hep. C for that REUSABLE HOLDER?
I`m very scared...please I tell me your opinions...
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Not a chance. The only possible risk would be a localized bacterial infection, it's not a risk for blood borne diseases.
This IS common practice and it's not a risk because the vaccutainer does not come in contact with the opening in the skin where the blood is being drawn.
Not a concern. No one has ever become infected with HIV having their blood drawn (or donated), and you're not going to be the first.