What would you do?

All employee health blood results should have been mailed to you after hire date. They should also have the original results. If there is a problem, I would speak to the house suporvisor about it.

I am not sure who the best person to take it to is, but one place to start would be the DON. I have a feeling that's a liability issue for the hospital and they should take your concern seriously. Unless someone gives you a better answer, make an appointment with your DON to discuss, and ask her where you should take it from there. Keep going til you get a satisfactory answer. Of course no answer you get will change what happened in your case, but it needs to open some eyes there to make sure that they improve their process and not let it happen again.

Someone dropped the ball in failing to notify you of your results in a timely manner.

I hate to introduce the possibility of wrong-doing, but I wonder if this (+) result may have been "manufactured" in an attempt to shield the hospital from liability with this current needlestick.

Please consult with your private physician as to how s/he recommends you proceed in terms of additional testing and treatment. I would insist on receiving an immediate copy of your entire employee health file to take with you to your personal doctor.

Take care.

This is what I would do... I'd go to my regular MD (PCP), explain what has happened with OH and request another blood test for hep. B - this all sounds like it could be a mistake.

Are you sure that +hep couldn't just be your Hep B titer, since you had the vaccine back in 2005? Maybe they were reading it wrong.

I agree with Annie. Make sure that it was read correctly before you proceed further.

My thoughts exactly... maybe it was read incorrectly... I would get all the records and take them to my personal MD before proceeding...

I have taken this info to my PCP and have done what I need to do to take care of myself. I just feel the need to make sure the hospital is aware of this. What I did not realize is that once you are + you are labeled + for the rest of your life even if you get a - result later. This was confirmed by my PCP too. It is hard to accept the label.

Thanks for the replies. I am just festering anger right now till I can get my voice heard by management.

MY PCP thinks it is also just from the vaccine but still I should have been told two years ago when it came up.

In regards to hearing just the hep B part and possibly misunderstanding. This is not the case. On my file it is written in read and checked off as a hep b positive.. Nice thought but I am certain otherwise.

I am still waiting for all results from my doc too

What is "hisr"?

I would expect a positive Hepatitis B Antibody test for anyone who has been vaccinated against HBV. This would indicate successful immunization and thus immunity.

Your employer is absolutely obligated to provide you with lab results that are abnormal. And they have a duty to provide the results in a timely manner so that you can follow up with your physician. It makes me wonder if they failed to notify you because they thought they would have a big workers comp issue on their hands for a hospital acquired illness. You need to follow up with your physician immediately and perhaps consult an attorney.