AbbyLou86

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Thank you so very much annie.rn. Thank you for taking the time to respond!!!!

A few weeks ago I was giving an hiv/hep c positive man an insulin injection with an insulin pen. After all used needles were in the sharps, I picked up another needle on top of the medcart. Needle was not used on patient but my thinking is I could have screwed the needle into the insulin pen (would have touched insulin, not pt) then unscrewed it and then scratched myself through my glove while picking up that needle. The needle is one that screws onto the insulin pen and just the back was open. I was wearing gloves checked them for holes and saw a small hole. I'm not even sure I stuck myself but I'm scared I might have. My finger didn't bleed no marks. My main question is... If the tip of that needle touched his insulin in the pen (pens can have back flow of blood) and I had a small poke with no blood is this an HIV risk? I think I would have felt a needle stick but I have so much anxiety and need an answer from someone with experience. Again needle was not injected into pt anday not have even had contact w his insulin but if it did.

Thanks everyone for your replies. I guess I should move on! ?

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Hello! I would like to ask a question to some more experienced nurses...I've been a nurse for three years working at the same place in long term care. I was doing an accucheck on a female resident who is 80 years old, has been at the facility 2 years, has near perfect lab work...protein may have been off, no risk factors for hiv, hep etc that I am aware of and have read h&p, medical dx of dementia and htn... Anyways...I put the accucheck strip (flexable) up to the blood like usual after pricking finger, however while doing this the strip got caught on her long fingernail (with the blood on the strip) and flung a few specks/splash of her blood on my glove...Now I know that is not anything to worry about, but i'm thinking what if some got into my mouth or another mucus membrane on my face? I did not taste blood. I did tell my supervisor who said she does not have hiv/aids and more blood would have been needed from that of an accucheck strip. I dont think normally I would be so worried about this but I am currently 8mos pregnant with my first child and I feel like I should have went to the hospital even though I have no proof of blood splashing on me. I also told my obgyn who looked at me like I was crazy. . . Anyone?