Possible Exposure

[NURS94]

Hey, I have a question. What happen if you stick your self with a 15 gauge clean needle. However you forgot to change the glove and the person next to you start to bleed and you forget you stuck yourself with a needle early. With that same glove you hold down pressure at the active bleeding sit. It was a good amount of blood. Can blood enter my glove where I stick my self with a needle? What are my chances of exposure? Also, I did not wash my hands immediately. 

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

Please follow the policy for exposure for your employer. Employee health or their designee will make the determination of whether an exposure occurred or not.