can you get hiv from a pin prick?
Posted by admin on Nov 30, 2009
I went for a rapid HIV test where a lancet is used to draw blood.
The nurse seemed homophobic, and when i said that i had a high risk situation in the past she immediately went and got the test package before finishing the questions. Then started asking me things like "so you just feel you don’t need to use condoms" "safe sex isn’t part of your routine" and things like that, which made me very uneasy.
she produced a sterile lancet, went across the room, opened a cupboard, and came back and administered the test with an alternate lancet.. i know because the one she first brought out was still sitting on the table.
my test was negative and as i was leaving she said "i hope you will learn your lesson from this". of course that could have been in regards to the stress of the actual test.. but it felt like an attack
i began feeling ARS symptoms 3 weeks after the test, and called the clinic to ask someone about what happened.. the nurse claims she never even opened a cupboard in my presence and had everything she needed right beside me.. which i swear to anyone reading is not the truth.
My question is, how long can HIV last on a needle head/how much blood is needed to infect you?
it would have been directly entered into my blood from the finger prick.
i would think i was just being paranoid if the nurse hadn’t denied taking the lancet(finger prick) out of the cupboard.. please any health care professionals offer your input! also what are the odds she would do this on purpose?
also the reason i’m so scared is because it was an anonymous test, and i recieved no tracking number…
Once outside the body, HIV only lives for a few minutes. But needles should NEVER be reused.
The nurse’s behavior was completely unprofessional. Her statements were also unprofessional. Discussion of risk factors, risky behaviors, and risk reduction are very important, and must be done, but I believe she treated you inappropriately. I would report your experience to your local Health Department. (Also, if the test was anonymous, you would HAVE to be given an identification number.) Talk to someone at your local Health Department or Planned Parenthood about being tested appropriately.
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Don’t ever go there again. And see about reporting them. That nurse was completely unprofessional and simply a b*tch. Most nurses in those clinics are bottom of the barrel. They usually work there because no one else will hire them, and they are usually poorly paid. The chances that someone could be this demented are slim…. but…. The HIV virus dies within seconds after hitting air or another surface. Also, almost all lancets available now are "safety" lancets. They will only stick once. The spring breaks and cannot poke someone again. So you really don’t have to worry about her giving you HIV.
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Once outside the body, HIV only lives for a few minutes. But needles should NEVER be reused.
The nurse’s behavior was completely unprofessional. Her statements were also unprofessional. Discussion of risk factors, risky behaviors, and risk reduction are very important, and must be done, but I believe she treated you inappropriately. I would report your experience to your local Health Department. (Also, if the test was anonymous, you would HAVE to be given an identification number.) Talk to someone at your local Health Department or Planned Parenthood about being tested appropriately.
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I do HIV education and testing.
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