futurerntho

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1. Can I get hep C without a needle stick?

   futurerntho posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I had a patient with Hepatitis C and as I was taking care of her, I was leaning against the siderails of her bed. When I exited the room, I applied sanitizer on my elbows and felt a slight sting on my...

2. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   I'm still a student so this was my first time and I guess I'm just paranoid. Thank you

3. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   But the tip seems a bit

4. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   Would that have been enough to poke me? And where/how should I report

5. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho replied to futurerntho's topic in General Nursing

   Of course I wore

6. Can you get poked by removing an iv catheter?!

   futurerntho posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm freaking out a little because I was removing an IV catheter on a patient yesterday and i held the catheter part. There was a lot of tape so I bundled the tape in my hand and part of the catheter...