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I have been having a wound treated by a local nursing team.as it wasn't healing a nurse said she needed to remove the scab to see what was happening underneath. When it was removed I bled a lot and they said it wasn't healing properly. It was treated using hydrocortisone cream from a tube. When the nurse put the cream on her finger I remember thinking my blood was on her glove and hoping I didn't have an infection in the wound to pass on, then I thought the tubes are probably single use. I have subsequently found out that the tube had most likely been used before on someone else. When I realised at first I was only concerned about MRSA, but now I'm slightly concerned that the're could have been someone else's blood in the cream before it got used on me. Is this a risk for hepatitis c or any other blood born virus. I know I should probably just forget about it but every time I get a cut I wonder slightly and its starting to get to me. Thanks
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As I was saying Nonreactive, means no hepc.
However, Reactive DOES NOT mean you have hepc, merely that you have been exposed. In the miniscule chance that that happens, then you get a
HCV RNA PCR test - viral load test. If there is no viral load, you definitively do NOT have hep c.
Having said all that, I remind you that we are not Drs on here but patients. You can always check with your doctor for peace of mind.
Gool luck and blessings. Pat
As I was saying Nonreactive, means no hepc.
However, Reactive DOES NOT mean you have hepc, merely that you have been exposed. In the miniscule chance that that happens, then you get a
HCV RNA PCR test - viral load test. If there is no viral load, you definitively do NOT have hep c.
Having said all that, I remind you that we are not Drs on here but patients. You can always check with your doctor for peace of mind.
Gool luck and blessings. Pat
If I understand you correctly, the nurse was wearing gloves and she put cream from the tube onto the gloves. I would believe that each time she used the cream she put enough cream on the gloved finger so as not to have to repeat the process. If that is right, unless she kept using the gloves, which I do not believe would happen, then there is no risk.
Good nursing practice involves disposal of gloves after each patient.
I do not believe this is something to even think about, much less stress about.
I, however, you are still concerned over your chances of getting infected with hepc, then wait 3 months from the date of the dressing/treatment and have a hepc antibody test.
If it is non- reactive, that means you do not have hepc.
Good nursing practice involves disposal of gloves after each patient.
I do not believe this is something to even think about, much less stress about.
I, however, you are still concerned over your chances of getting infected with hepc, then wait 3 months from the date of the dressing/treatment and have a hepc antibody test.
If it is non- reactive, that means you do not have hepc.
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