What To Do If Someone Intentionally Stuck Needle Hiv

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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 after a needle stick. She is an ER nurse and the patient is HIV positive with a very high viral load.She told me she was told the chances of getting HIV...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,The HIV statistical figures your sister-in-law mentioned are accurate. Her risk for occupationally acquired HIV from a needle stick from a source patient confirmed to be HIV infected is 1 in 300.Regarding PEP, you are correct: A course of PEP... Read more »

Wife stuck by solid needle( HIV + Patient)

Hey Doc,I'm writing this in regards to my wife's possible exposure to HIV. She told me... Read more »

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RN stuck with HIV infected blunt tip needle

A couple of days ago I was re-flushing an emergently placed central line on an HIV + patient with a... Read more »

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Most Surgical Residents Fail to Report Needle-Stick Injuries, Increasing Risk of HIV, Other Bloodborne Diseases, Study Says

Almost all surgical residents accidentally stick themselves with needles or other sharp medical instruments but most fail to report the injury, increasing their risk of contracting HIV, hepatitis or other bloodborne diseases from infected patients,... Read more »

Texas Senate Committee Approves Bill to Protect Needle-Exchange Programs

The Texas Senate's Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday voted 5-1 to approve a bill (S.B. 188 ) that would protect needle-exchange programs run by local health departments, the AP/ Houston Chronicle reports. Under the legislation,... Read more »

New Jersey Governor to Ask Legislature to Allow Needle-Exchange Programs to Prevent Spread of HIV

New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey (D) plans to ask state legislators to amend state law to allow needle-exchange programs to prevent the spread of HIV, state Health Commissioner Clifton Lacy said on Tuesday, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. "There... Read more »

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Reasons for Not HIV Testing, Testing Intentions and Potential Use of an Over-the-Counter Rapid HIV Test in an Internet Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Have Never Tested for HIV

The correlates of the main reasons for not HIV testing, HIV testing intentions, and the potential use of an over-the-counter rapid HIV test (OTCRT) among men who have sex with men who have never tested for HIV (NTMSM) are unknown, the authors wrote.... Read more »

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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 »

Hiv from used steriod needle at gym!!

Posted by hwood76, 1 Reply

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 »

Needle Sticked

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I thought the chance of getting HIV was very very low ? how do you know the doctor got HIV from the needle ? and like i said im not crazy, i was right all along about the needles, so thank you all for telling me tht sick shit and tht im crazy and im... Read more »

Burning and needle pics

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hey all,

I feel like I am HIV pos...to scared to test. Had anal sex 6 weeks ago, do not know the person, and 2weeks after had dull aches in arm pits and pain in the groin....that went away after 2 weeks.....no flu no fever....but horrible headaches.
f... Read more »

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