Blood Taken With Dirty Needle

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I am scared that during a routine physical I had some blood taken for lab work, I did not pay attention to whether or not the lab tech used a clean needle. I have OCD and I cannot stop obsessing over this issue. I am ultimately convinced that I have...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

You have succeeded in truly frightening yourself, and I honestly don't know what I could say that would reduce your anxiety. Yes, the 1 in 500 figure is roughly accurate, as I understand it. A health professional with a box full of fresh... Read more »

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I heard that you can get Hepatitis C from a needle that you use over and over. Even if you do not... Read more »

Response from Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, M.D. »

Poked with a dirty Needle and worried sick

On Feb. 22nd i was cleaning out a room that my uncle lived in, He has been incarcerated for the... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Australia: Prisoners Sharing More Than Dirty Needles

The recent National Prison Entrants' Blood-Borne Virus Survey found that 34 percent of Australian prisoners are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), compared to 1 percent of the general community. The report showed that 56 percent of injecting... Read more »

Massachusetts: Officials Eye State Dirty Needle Deal

While local needle exchange programs (NEPs) throughout the state are serving more clients every year, a measure is being considered in the Massachusetts Senate that would legalize non-prescription sales of hypodermic needles in pharmacies. In 2004,... Read more »

Research Suggests Dirty Needles Bigger Cause of African AIDS Than Thought

The World Health Organization's long-held position that dirty needles cause 2.5 percent of African HIV exposures is actually "conservative," said a leading researcher at WHO, prompting questions about a global AIDS bill focused mainly on unsafe sex.... Read more »

Australia: Dirty Needles Spreading Hepatitis C in Jail

To stem what it decries as the "rampant" tide of hepatitis C infections in Australian prisons, the prisoner advocacy group Justice Action is calling for the creation of needle-exchange programs. In its latest prison newspaper, Just Us, the group... Read more »

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purposely infected by nurse with dirty needle

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

The nurse in my doctor office is a crazy murderer she purposely used a dirty neddle to infect me because I complained to the doctor about her habit not to wear gloves or whash her hands.My test is ready but the specialist has not call back yet ,I... Read more »

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Dirty Toilet Rim Water in Eye

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I was recently went to a unisex toilet, and somehow managed to have some water splash from the rim into my eye. The rim was pretty dirty but didn't have any noticeable blood, but it could have had other body fluids on it. What is the risk here? I... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention International News
UK Soldiers May Have Been Exposed to Contaminated Blood

January 10, 2008

Eighteen British military casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan may have received unscreened blood transfused... Read more »

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