In my clinical on Wednesday, I was inadvertently exposed to MRSA and VRE. The patient's chart said nothing about contact precautions, there was nothing on the door, and the nurse said nothing about it (and apparently KNEW nothing about it) so I was assigned to that patient because it was a "cool" case otherwise (deaf/mute with a PEG tube and it was my day to pass meds). After I'd been in and done my full physical assessment, Infection Control came upstairs LIVID that not only was there no contact precautions warning, but that a student was taking care of that patient. Apparently, this patient has been the biggest spreader of MRSA/VRE in the hospital, so I don't know why in the world "nobody knew."
Obviously, without knowing she had it, I only used gloves on her. I used my own stethoscope, didn't gown up, and used the BP machine. Everything was wiped down with alcohol before I found out and bleach afterward and I changed from my scrubs to my street clothes before I left, putting my scrubs and shoes in a garbage bag to go straight to the wash when I got home, but I'm so nervous that I'm going to get sick.
Any advice on what I should do? My teacher didn't seem too concerned other than being LIVID that this had occurred, but I want to make sure that I've done all I can to make sure that I don't get sick and/or contribute to the spread throughout the hospital. Luckily, I only had this one patient since it's first semester.