hiv and needlestick injury

olaughlin · Newbie Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 19

What are your chances of getting HIV from a needle prick on the finger? My friend works in ER. She stabbed her finger and the needle had just been used to collect tubes of blood from a patient. Please, I need to know.

brownstein · Newbie Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 15

Needlestick injuries are common in health care settings and these injuries expose health care workers not only to HIV, but also to other blood-borne pathogens, such as hepatitis B and C. It's important to keep in mind that most needlestick injuries do not involve HIV infected blood, however the risk of transmission may be increased if the needle is visibly bloody or if the procedure involved placing the needle in one of the patient's veins or arteries or if there was a deep injury. For example Hepatitis B is more easily transmissible than HIV, and is one of the more common blood-borne pathogens among health care workers.

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