Monday I was flushing a pt's IV, it was hard to flush because there was a bit of blood in the tubing. I pulled back on the 10cc flush syringe and got a small blood return. When I tried to flush again I got splashed in my face and eyes with the saline/blood. I made an incident report, called the House Supervisor, and went to the ER to get my blood drawn, and I got a Post-exposure prophylaxis med (Combivir) The house Sup. was suppose to take care of drawing the pt's blood.
Well, I find out the pt's blood wasn't drawn until the next day. When I was working again my director assured me the pt's blood was drawn. The employee health nurse is the person who would let me know the results of my blood and the pt's blood.
Now, it's Friday, and no one has called me, so I call the Emp. health nurse and find out the hospital LOST THE PT's BLOOD. The pt has been DC days ago. How totally messed up is this? What am I suppose to do now? I was told my blood would be drawn a few times over the next yr. But still!! WTH !???!?!?? I am sick taking this HIV med (Combivir) and it makes me feel awful...nauseated... I have to take it BID for 30 days. Again W T H??? How can the hospital do this to me?
No one even had the decency to CALL ME. Not my director and not the employee health nurse. Just hell do I do now.