Confusing Nurses

[abubackar192]

Yesterday I decided to get a hepatitis B & C and HIV Test. Thanks God that the result is all negative… My doubt only that the nurse reused the needle to me… I was in the room for almost 5 minutes waiting for the nurse and checked the room if there’s a needle in the table and she came to room and I inform her that I’m the one who will open the needle and she allowed me to open the needle and I gave her and she find difficulties to draw the blood in my skin so she asked the another nurse to take a blood on me…and that time I don’t know if the nurse gave the same needle that I open. And after the nurse change she find difficulties to draw the blood she decided to draw the blood to another arms…I requested again a new needle and I open it in front of her and the nurse took it and put in the table and after that I look to another side and I scared so I look again in the needle im not sure that is the same needle that I open…but the exact location of needle is same…and we are two only in the room maybe it is same needle that I open…

High Risk or No Risk? Do I required another test?
Do you think im risk in hepatitis if the nurse reused the needle to draw the blood

[abubackar192]

Sorry for lots of post here.

I remembered that nurse  took the blood on me is not wearing a new gloves theres a lot of patient yesterday in the hospital...and she had a difficulties to draw blood so she touched the needle and try to draw a blood.

Do you think this thing will put me in risk in hepatitis?

[abubackar192]

Thank you very much for your quick response


I'm not using the gloves but i open only the wrapping of the needle and i put the syringe needle but im carefully touched the cover only not the needle...

High Risk or No Risk?

[Idyllic]

You want to evaluate the risk of whether it was the same needle?

The nurse would have acted pretty fast in the few seconds you looked away. Plus the needle was in the exact location.

Ordinarily I would say the risk is minimal to none but since the nurse let you participate in the blood draw and you were very likely not wearing gloves then I personally would not have much faith in any part of the process.

I hope someone else can offer more assurances and I am glad your initial results were negative.