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Honestly, I would contact the inspector, that's uncalled for. I am an RN and have worked as a CNA, I know it sucks to be spread thin, but someone should have at least checked this woman at least by seeing if she was wet.

I'm a newer nurse, I work in a skilled facility. In this facility it's my job to flush all iv's whether they are PICC's, midlines, etc., upon starting to flush a patients iv I noticed that firstly it was a new type of iv lock that I have never seen before, I later found that is is called a y-type. Long story short, I moved the iv lock to gain better access to the port and something splashed my face, it landed in 5-6 spots on my face( 1 on my lip) I finished what I was doing and exiting the room(planing to go wash my lip) I was then stopped and inform that this patient was a known drug abuser and definitely has hep c and probably HIV. When I then had to flush this patients iv again to hook up the antibiotic I noticed that the y-type iv must have cracked from the clamp because when pushing saline a drop comes from the tubing. I notified our iv team and followed our procedure for possible exposure. Although my DON dosent believe that this was a posive exposure, I don't honestly trust her opinion because she didnt know ampicillin was in the pcn family.Note: there wasn't blood in the tubing when I got exposed. Should I be worried, do I need to follow up with a series of blood tests? Opinions are appreciated.

I'm in the monroeville campus :yeah:thanks a bunch

I am having trouble deciding which school to go to for my BSN. I would like the shortest amount of time, I would like to go on to a CRNA school. I am currently in CCAC and was wondering does anyone know any colleges with an accerated program that accepts the most if not all CCAC's credits? Thanks For Advice:yeah: