OMG! I was just called up to one of the Kindergarten classrooms. One of the students got a bloody nose. He dripped a little onto the table (where 4 other kids sit for reading). He got up to get tissues and just as the teacher was coming over with a glove to wipe the blood, another student went over and wiped it up with his finger and ATE it
SERIOUSLY??????? Now I get the pleasure of making that phone call to both families. What the ever loving f@$#??????
Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.
Final update: Mom was unbelievably calm. Shocked and grossed out, but calm. Said she will call her pediatrician and take their advice about any further testing. Phew!!
Update: Spoke with our Operations Manager who called and spoke with our lawyer. Lawyer instructed us both that all I could say to the parents of the kid who ate the blood was what happened. I am not allowed to give any other info. I can't even tell them that the child whose blood it was is UTD on vaccines. This blows. Waiting to hear back from the parents. So I will be very matter of fact, tell them what happened, tell them I can't give them any other info but I will tell them that if it were my child I would see my pediatrician for further testing.
Even without identifying the child? Yikes,our world is crazy somedays!
MHDNURSE
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Please tell me it was her own...