Stressful for sure.I was Administration so I didn't have direct patient contact.However,although many "civilians" don't know this needle sticks and other kinds of exposures are not uncommon in acute care areas of hospitals...ERs,ICUs,ORs,etc.When a physician,surgeon or nurse experienced a needle stick in our ER their fear was so thick you could cut it with a knife.One of the nurses I worked with *did* contract both HIV *and* Hep C from a needle stick during a code.
.One of the nurses I worked with *did* contract both HIV *and* Hep C from a needle stick during a code.
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Yep! Health workers did and still do get infected from accidental needle sticks.