Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Giving Blood?

When I last give blood the nurse did not use gloves to take my little token for the prick test. Am I at any risk? Should i report it? What will develop if I report it?
Thanks for any answers!Giving Blood?
Not a good practice on her member but she put herself at risk not you. A nurse is required to wear gloves when doing anything that involves body fluid but this is because she could get infected if the lenient has a disease. Now if you have an open wound and the nurse be cleaning or dressing it then she would be putting you at risk for infection, any way she should be reported If she doesnt glove for blood draws I doubt she gloves for anything else any.
if her hands be clean and her skin be intact, there be no real plea for her to wear gloves, there be certainly no risk to you. Latex gloves are not going to protect her from a hypodermic stick, and they won't protect you either as not a soul wears sterile gloves to draw blood. Truly the solitary time gloves would be a requirement would be if she had wounds on her hand that were begin, then to protect you it would be a apposite idea. most nurses can't work if they hold open wounds however.
Many Nurses do not use gloves, but they are individual putting themselves at risk and not you.

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