would a nurse practitioner infect someone on purpose??

[sfrancis]

PLEASE listen to my story as it is getting very scary.

i went for a rapid HIV test at a site that is listed as ANONYMOUS. when i got to my appointment i didn't have to fill out any paper work AT ALL.. i didn't get admitted for about 45 minutes, and the man who came out of post-test counselling was infected (he was crying uncontrollably and they sat him in the waiting room before i was called in).

The woman began to tell me they were NOT anonymous, said they were confidential, and all she needed was my first name and last initial.
She asked a few questions, seemed very disapproving of my sexual experiences, and didn't finish the questionaire. She got up to the get the rapid POC testing package. she left the room and came back with a lancet that was UNCOVERED already. She didn't wipe my finger with alcohol, and administered the test within a mintue of returning.

i was negative and left, with very minimal post councelling. now when i call back to inquire (they don't know I've been there), they say they ARE ANONYMOUS, that i need to fill out paper work, and i will be given a reference number.

do you think that a nurse would infect a patient on purpose because she didn't agree with their lifestyle?
The centre was not a sex clinic but a community centre that specializes in planned parent hood... she really disapproved of what i told her..
any thought? i know it sounds crazy but look at the facts.. she lied already and i have no proof of going there at all!!!

[timelord]

jey man... sorry to habe waited so long to respond to this post...
check out facts... HIV transmission via a used lancet is not a viable means for transmission of HIV...no way.. call the cdc and ask them.. A lancet is not hollow.. it is a contact surface.. enviornmental surface per say... even if it was contaminated with blood, the risk is so low.. i once thought about the possibility as you have, i called the cdc and asked them.. they told me over and over.. no risk... put this episode out of your mind... intrusive thoughts, ocd is tryingf it's best to get hold of you... also read online about used lancets, you will find your answers there and they all point to one thing.. you are negative.. no risk.... message me private if you want to talk further

[sfrancis]

thank you for actually reading and paying attention.
although i don't doubt she's heard it all before, she really didn't appreciate that i've had unprotected sex twice, commenting about it in an unprofessional way

i do agree that infecting someone on purpose is unethical and probably unlikely, but all the suspiciosness is causing me to worry

my main concern is why didn't i have to give any information at all? i mean even an anonymous site has you fill out a form (i had always been tested by my doctor, never been to an anonymous/confidential site before so i had no clue what to do at the time, i thought it was fine).
and also no one working there seems to be difinitive on whether or not they are nominal, confidential, or anonymous. how can one place be all those things? i wasn't given a reference number, and they took no information... no matter what, the procedure followed must have been incorrect, no? what do you think??

[horneyboy]

I don't think it is very likely that an ARNP would intentionally infect you.  Nevertheless, it does not instill confidence in their work if they are not fully transparent in their universal precautions.  I think you did the right thing bringing it to their attention.  After all is said and done, you are the patient and your opinion counts.    If you are concerned I would get another test done now and again in a few weeks just for your piece of mind.  Usually professionals who work at a clinic such as this have heard it all before; I doubt very much you said about your sex life could raise her ire to the degree you suspect.

[sfrancis]

PLease i read ars starts 2-4 weeks after exposure..

that means that if the symptoms i experienced were infact ars.. they started 3 weeks after i had the nurse test me.. but i assumed it would have been from a previous encounter, which would have been way out of range for ars to start..

i'm not crazy.. the clinic keeps changing their story.. i don't know what to think.
should i report the testing site???

[sfrancis]

i know it sounds so far fetched believe me.. i don't normally jump to conclusions like this.. but i called again this afternoon and asked to speak to a supervising staff member.. and the woman now tells me that they are NOMINAL!!! i asked her why they are listed as anonymous, and she said she didn't know anything about that.. i told her my story and she thinks i am lying.

i swear to god this is actually what happened.. does this not sound suspicious? aside from what you think of me.. imagine this happened to you and you had no proof you went, and every person working there tells you something different
what the hell??? how can this happened?

please don't just dismiss me as some paranoid freak. maybe you don't believe she used a dirty lancet, but what do you think that means if the supervisor denies being anonymous?
PLEASE

[Teak]

This is nonsense.