I am 5 weeks pregnant and had to go in for bloodwork on Mon.I told the guy at the lab my issues and he was very nice showed me that the label on the needle was in tact when I was not omortable with that one he got a new one from the box and showed me the seal.I felt OK.H wore gloves of course. I had to go back later and asked for the same guy since he was understanding and my doctors office recommended him. He took about 5 minutes to come out from his cube.He again showed be the seal on the needle was undamaged and we went through the same procedure.I felt OK at the time but know I wonder since I was such a pain in the butt could he have harmed me if he had HIV.The only way this could have happened is if the safety seal on the needle had been peeled off and then reattached beacuse I did see it in tack. Is is possble. I would think that needle would be safer that that, right. I even called my doctors office and they said the guys has worked there 15 years and he is a professional!
2007-03-14 07:20:32 · 3 answers · asked by ocd 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
HI.
I know telling you that you are worried about nothing will probably not help you if you are OCD but i will try to explain to you as much as possible that iits not even remotely possible for a health professional to transfer the HIV to a patient . Its even much much harder to do it with an instrument since these days all the instruments are disposable and are sealed and sterile until the time of use in front of the patient and after that its discarded never to be used again.
The other thing about syringes that you probably did not know is that they are not recapped. So if it has already been opened, he could not have recapped it so it could not have been still sealed. So if you was it sealed, then it was really sealed.
2007-03-14 08:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by emanzit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really would't worry about it. It's very difficult for a health worker to transfer HIV to a patient. If anything, they worry about getting it from their patient because of accidental needle pricks. And he showed you that it was completely sealed. It would be impossible to replace the seal as original if it were tampered with.
2007-03-14 17:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by nicoleblingy2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you should see a psychiatrist about your OCD. it is working overtime and making you paranoid unnecessarily
2007-03-14 16:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋