steena

I'm returning to patient care, considering a job as a Research RN in HIV medicine, and find that what's concerning me is the necessity of my drawing blood as I'm not aware of what kind of safety devices are now routinely in use, eg: sheathed needles...I am hoping someone online here can enlighten me as to what kind of precautions can be taken to limit needle stick accidents....and also, is there anyone who routinely draws blood of HIV+ patients? if so how do you deal with the risks involved? I am finding this aspect of the job very disturbing, more than I would have imagined; I haven't been doing phlebotomy on a regular basis, to say the least, and, as I said, am not aware of what kind of safety devices are now used....and I don't want to be overly focused on this, but....