Blood pathogen transmission risk (HIV, HEP, & other possible diseases) from suture needle stick?

[Anonymous]

ok so I'll start by saying that the needle was COMPLETELY CLEAN when I stuck myself! I was setting up the table for a c section & I was moving too fast when loading the needle to get ready for the case & I stuck myself (ouch!) my gloves & everything were clean bc surgery hadn't started yet! I looked down & didn't see any blood on the needle that I know of & I ALWAYS wear two pairs of gloves, there was a hole in the second glove bc I could see that the puncture hole was bleeding! I could tell bc I felt it AND I could see it. The bottom pair of gloves I wear are blue & the top pair are white. I could see the blood through The white glove! I saw no hole in the white glove but there's was one in the blue one bc the blood was coming out! But the blood did not show ON the outside of the white glove, so I guess there wasn't a significant hole in the white glove! I didn't change gloves for hat reason bc I don't even remember seeing the blue glove through the white one bc if I had a hole In the white glove, I would've definitely saw blue through the hole! So since I didn't change gloves, during surgery I was touching lots of bloody sponges & blood from the patient & bloody instruments! Hopefully none of the patient's blood got inside the puncture! I took my gloves off when survey was complete & the patient left & the blood was dried by the little hole! The puncture is VERY tiny! The patient was having a c section & looked healthy! I know most pregnant women now a days get tested for STDs, & I'm sure if she had something, they would've warned us... Help !! I'm a little nervous! What is my likelihood of catching something?

[Anonymous]

Slim to none. It was a clean needle. I'd say it's highly unlikely the patient transferred something to you through that tiny hole.
You know that it clotted within a few seconds.
I had a Dr. stick himself after he gave me an injection. He was like "just another day at the office"
Next time reglove & remove the needle you poked yourself with.

[Asker]

Lol oh wow! Thank u! Yea that's what I was thinking! The hole is super small
I can almost barely see it now

[jakeofalltrades]

if the needle was clean when you stuck yourself then there should no risk

[Asker]

Yes it was clean
I was just worried bc after I stuck myself, a little while later, I had to do surgery & was touching a lot of blood, but like I said, my blood didn't come outside the glove

[BellePepper]

So you're somehow qualified to work in a medical setting but you don't know how blood born pathogens work or how to use paragraph breaks. OKAY. media.giphy.com/media/3o8doTjVQ4gMt5S8Zq/giphy.gif

[SillyMilly]

lol ask someone you work with i'm sure someone knows.

[Intraluminal]

Pretty damn low, but why in the name of hell didn't you re-glove? Tell your hospital risk manager and fill out an incident report.

[Asker]

I know! I should've definitely regloved! But since I didn't see any blood outside my glove, I was saying there's no way it could get to the patient & there's no way her blood could get inside my glove if the blood wasn't seeping out. I rubbed it and everything & the blood didn't come out

[Intraluminal]

Everyone has a brain glitch from time to time. You're going to be ok. Do file an incident report.