Lottieda

The site I am at is the jail system. Patient is not a known IVDU and denies history of HIV, liver disease etc. That is all the info I had. Finger was not cultured (jail system...). Trying to cope with my paranoia about potential contact.

I was watching an I and D being perform on an finger abscess by a physician. The initial cut released a little squirt of clear pus. I was not standing overly close to the finger at the time and was wearing eye glasses but not mask. I cannot recall if my mouth was closed at the time and have a bad habit of bitting on my lip. However, I remember feeling wetness on my lip that tasted like my own saliva (i feel like i would have recognized the difference had it been patients pus). I didn't realize the situation could have been pus before I rebite my lip. I completely recognize my paranoia but I can't shake the feeling of a potential exposure and whether it is worth bringing up. I feel like I am losing my mind and making more out of nothing. I didn't see the patients fluid necessarily fly at my mouth or taste anything unusual.