futurerntho

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1. Can I get hep C without a needle stick?

   futurerntho posted a topic in Safety

   I had a patient with Hepatitis C and as I was taking care of her, I was leaning against the siderails of her bed. When I exited the room, I applied sanitizer on my elbows and felt a slight sting on my forearm near my elbow. I'm wondering if there's a...

2. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   I'm still a student so this was my first time and I guess I'm just paranoid. Thank you all.

3. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   But the tip seems a bit sharp/hard

4. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   Would that have been enough to poke me? And where/how should I report it.

5. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   Of course I wore gloves.

6. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm freaking out a little because I was removing an IV catheter on a patient yesterday and i held the catheter part. There was a lot of tape so I bundled the tape in my hand and part of the catheter too. At some point, I felt some pressure at the tip...