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Has anyone heard of saving a used needle for testing? My employment scolding me for not saving a used needle to have it tested because i had a needlestick injury According to my place of employment i could of saved time and money. However 1.) treatment must start immediately to 72 hours so that in that time, testing on the needle might still be in the process and 2.) i would test anyways because the virus could be removed during transfer to my skin or transfer to a container. My place of employment also told met that they might only approve testing once. Can they legally do this through work man comp? What i need help with is finding a legitimate site stating i should not have kept the needle i tried searching and using cdc but can only get verbal confirmment that a used needle should not be saved. I feel like they made me feel bad for something that was not my fault. I am a student nurse however this incident did not occured at my other job in a pharmacy. Here is the deal i stuck myself on a needle normally i would not worry. We are a pharmacy our job is to DISPENSE medication however people meaning pharmacists do take items back without checking and throw them back on the shelf. So you ask? why would they take insulin needles back they come in a box of 100 with 10 packages inside someone could of just opened the box looked quickly and threw it on the shelf. People return things for various reasons it does not happen a lot but it does. So should i be scared? I work in an area where there is a high aids population but the fact this needle could be clean or dirty, the fact it may be sitting on the shelf the fact that we don't take back items a lot the fact that i was not in clinical transfering blood makes me feel okay but then again i cried for hours today. I should of examined the needle for blood, and looked at the needle closely but i was so scared i just tossed it. I know better now.