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possible hiv transmission here. please help im so nervous.
I was in the emergency room today and had an iv put in my arm. when the technician came to remove my iv line I noticed that he never changed the gloves he had on from his previous rounds. after he removed the needle he placed a new cotton pad over my freshly bleeding iv wound. Now suppose the gloves he was wearing were contaminated by infectious hiv fluids/blood, could he have given it to me when he put the cotton pad over my wound? I know that hiv cant live outside very long but a story a read about this morning about how a woman got from a manicure instrument has made me once again question the survivability of hiv.
That is very irresponsible, unacceptable behavior and I wish you'd called him on it........asked him to change gloves before he touched you. You can file a report with the hospital.....which I think you should.
I would like to reassure you even though he did not change gloves, in this particular case, you still did not have a risk for contracting HIV.
Next time, please speak up for yourself. If the tech will not change gloves, demand to speak to his/her supervisor.
I would like to reassure you even though he did not change gloves, in this particular case, you still did not have a risk for contracting HIV.
Next time, please speak up for yourself. If the tech will not change gloves, demand to speak to his/her supervisor.
Unless you were able to watch this particular technician from the time they inserted your IV until they returned to remove it.........how do you know they were wearing the same pair of gloves?
Professional medical personnel are highly trained to NOT transmit infection from patient to patient......the first step in this "protection protocol" is to wash your hands and put on new gloves.
As someone who worked in a medical setting for many, many years, washing our hands and putting on new gloves between patients is second nature.......we would NOT wear the same gloves!
Even IF the tech had NOT changed gloves when he/she removed your IV, any possible contaminated fluids on their gloves would have been exposed to air and temperature changes and would be rendered inactive, meaning they could no longer infect.
Removing the needle from your arm and placing a cotton swab and band aid on the injection site would NOT transmit HIV to you. That is just NOT how HIV is contracted. HIV can ONLY be transmitted INSIDE the human body.
You had no risk. Since this is obviously something you are very anxious about, when and if you ever need a blood draw or an IV placed, request that the tech put on new gloves in front of you.
Professional medical personnel are highly trained to NOT transmit infection from patient to patient......the first step in this "protection protocol" is to wash your hands and put on new gloves.
As someone who worked in a medical setting for many, many years, washing our hands and putting on new gloves between patients is second nature.......we would NOT wear the same gloves!
Even IF the tech had NOT changed gloves when he/she removed your IV, any possible contaminated fluids on their gloves would have been exposed to air and temperature changes and would be rendered inactive, meaning they could no longer infect.
Removing the needle from your arm and placing a cotton swab and band aid on the injection site would NOT transmit HIV to you. That is just NOT how HIV is contracted. HIV can ONLY be transmitted INSIDE the human body.
You had no risk. Since this is obviously something you are very anxious about, when and if you ever need a blood draw or an IV placed, request that the tech put on new gloves in front of you.
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Ty for the reply. I should have mentioned that the tech who came to remove my IV wasnt the same one who inserted it. Before he came i watched him assisting another patient and he never changed his gloves.
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