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From: Ghamph on 4 Nov 2007 20:17

"dacconverter" <seagate1556(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 4, 6:34 pm, greyhackles <greyhack...(a)NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Of course "it" would be classified as an occupational exposure -
assuming you
> > weren't moonlighting at the time ;-)
> >
>
>
> but is this something that I should report to the hospital's
> occupational safety unit?
>
> I may have grabbed onto the sharp end of the suturing needle but I
> didn't necessarily stick myself. I didn't have a visible hole on
> either glove and I didn't bleed or get any skin tears.
>
> I don't know if my experience qualifies as an occupational exposure
> defined by my hospital.
>
> Also, this patient had extraordinarily high liver enzyme volmes
> ( would this usually correlate to high hcv viral loads? ) , and I'm
> not sure if this justifies my worries in that I might have contracted
> hcv.
>

If you were wearing a mask and gloves as you should, and no tears in the
skin or gloves, you're probably safe.

No accident report unless there was a break in the skin. Safety glasses
would be further precaution.

Be careful! Get tested after allotted time for your own peace of mind.

Jamffer


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