Occupational exposure: one nurses cautionary (and devastating) tale.

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Apr 162012

I highly recommend all nurses and doctors take a few minutes to watch this right through (6min 24sec).

Edie, an Emergency/Trauma nurse tells how her friend and co-worker was infected with HIV after being exposed to just a few drops of blood. Her co-worker was a nurse for 25 years adamant about using universal precautions, but with one split second decision her career and life changed. Edie shares her story in a hope to prevent this from happening to other nurses.

I cannot embed the video so you will have to take the jump to YouTube: It was just a few drops of blood — but it happened

Let us know your reaction.

Posted by impactEDnurse on April 16, 2012

One Response to “Occupational exposure: one nurses cautionary (and devastating) tale.”

  1. Michelle says:
    April 18, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    This is just so sad and scary but I am definitely sharing this with other people to remind them how important it is to use universal precautions. So often, we pick up bits of gauze lying around with our bare hands. Never again…

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