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1. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   That's what I figured : ) I just had another nurse say otherwise so it made me second guess

2. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I had a form saying I was clear to wear one but it was obviously not correct size. Hopefully I won't get the flu! Thankfully I got my flu shot and feel like I'm pretty healthy : ) and no I'm not...

3. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Ok the mask was just too large because it was slipping off and thanks for the help and thanks to those of you for making fun...makes me feel so much

4. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Thank you for your comments. I honestly knew that you can't get it droplet but I'm a new nurse and tend to worry about everything and since I made a mistake with the mask I just got paranoid about the...

5. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Do you think the n95 mask is more so for his protection? Because I've always just wore a regular mask for flu

6. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I thought we put them in isolation for their own

7. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford replied to ssoxford's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Blood, seceretions but was told if they cough you can't get it through that

8. My patient had HIV and the flu but wore mask incorrectly

   ssoxford posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   So the other day I had a patient with hiv who was there for the flu. He was on droplet precautions but for some reason I was told to wear an n95 mask. He has no history of tb. Why would I need an n95...