What Percent Chance Of Getting Hiv If Stuck With A Contaminated Needle

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Stuck with a needle contaminated with Hep C.

Hi! First of all, let me say that I am not a medical professional so in other posts I was unable to determine if the situation was like mine. With that being said, yesterday, I was stuck in my finger with a needle my dad uses to give himself...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

You ask a very good and important question. Yes, I agree that you need serial testing to see if you have acquired HCV. I would get a HCV RNA and a antibody testing....If you do acquire HCV, the chance that you could spontaneously clear is high at... Read more »

Nurse stuck with Needle from HIV patient

Dr. Bob,Tonight during Thanksgiving dinner, my sister-in-law told me about having to go on PEP... Read more »

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What are my chances getting hep c from contaminated blood on my hand?

I am an nurse and I started an IV today on someone with hep C. I forgot to wear gloves with her.... Read more »

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GETTING INJECTED WITH A CONTAMINATED NEEDLE . HELP

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I went to donate blood on may 9. They had only 2 nurses and a receptionist at the front desk. Since there were 2 people before that were donating already, and only 2 nurses, the receptionist took my temperature, blood pressure and pulse and also... Read more »

Stuck by needle

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

second day on job,got instrument stick.Couldnt believe it,freaked
out and tried to maintain composure.The dentist whom I was
assisting when it happened,just said "oh sorry" Sorry ,my ----.I
tried to put it out of my mind and then dealing with the... Read more »

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Hello.. I work at a gym and one of our members lost thier card... I checked to see if they had thrown it in the trash..that happens for some reason..and I felt myself bet stuck by something.. I looked through the trash to see if it was a syringe and... Read more »

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