I was at my appointment for my back
injections today and the nurse or whatever
helping caused me to be a bit concerned. I
was the second appointment of the day and
I got my shot and everything. She put a
glove on to wipe off the betadine with a
thick wash cloth. Then she helped me
downstairs because I was woozy. I noticed
that she still had the glove on! This was
the second injection I had and come to
think of it she did it last time too. I'm
concerned because what if she did this
with the patient before me and they had
HIV? If she had blood on the glove and
touched the door handle to the main office
that a lot of people touch is there a risk
for me to catch HIV. I have some cuts on
my cuticles from biting but nothing huge.
But still. I was told not to worry about
this. I called and she said that they
never get any major blood amounts but this
is still messed up. I'm really nervous
right now someone please respond.
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MandMs
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 2122 Location: Strumica, Macedonia
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Posted: 06-11-08 03:57am
HIV does not survive for very long outside
of the human body. HIV is unable to
reproduce outside its living host, except
under laboratory conditions. Therefore,
it does not spread or maintain
infectiousness outside its host.
Sooner the body fluid containing the HIV
virus starts to dry, 90% to 99% of the
virus present becomes disabled upon
drying.
