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Yesterday in the lab, accidently a patient's blood came in direct contact of my hand nd there was a very small fresh cut in my hand. Information about patient's blood is not known. What will i do now if the blood was infected?
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You act in an irresponsible manner. You should suffer.
From your story it is clear that you work in a Pathology Laboratory. But you don't observe the basic precautions of working in a Laboratory.
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First aid is to wash your hands in running water for about 10minutes with mild soap, then try to get the patients medical condition if he is hep b or hiv positive consult a physician and start prophylaxis.
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If you are working in a hospital lab ,there will be a post exposure protocol.Follow with your infection control in charge and do the needful accordingly.At this time as you have patients blood sample ,do the hbsag , antibody HCV and HIV , check your hbsAb titre as well.
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Connect please
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Please get the patient blood report about HBsAg, HIV, VDRL, anti-HCV, MP etc. If any one positive then take appropriate treatment available before actual disease occurs
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Connect please
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Dr. Najeeb T
General Practitioner
9 yrs exp
Malappuram
Patient's detailed medical history is required. It is recommended to consult a doctor professional through the Practo app or visit a local medical facility for a thorough evaluation.
Please keep in mind that detailed medical history is crucial for proper diagnosis and treatment.
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Dr. Anuj Mothsra
General Practitioner
7 yrs exp
Jhunjhunu
Can help you, kindly consult and provide detailed history for proper diagnosis and further management
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Dr. Chaithra H
General Physician
5 yrs exp
Bangalore
Pls get serology done of the patient and then you can confirm.
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Dr. Vetsa Sri Krishna Chaitanya
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Rajahmundry
Don't panic...take hep B vaccination prophylactically
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Dr. Konica Gupta
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Wash it under running water for 10 minutes
Get the hepatitis B test done for the patient blood and then take post exposure prophylaxis and get in touch with your nurse who is head of infection control
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Dr. Himani Shah
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11 yrs exp
Rajkot
Kindly consult with detailed history
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Dr. Aditya D
General Physician
17 yrs exp
Hyderabad
First you need to wash your wound with running tap water and soap throughly and then you need consult near by physician for further management and prophylaxis treatment
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Take an advice from the doctor
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Dr. Manoj Kumar
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10 yrs exp
Dehradun
Need few more details
Kindly consult
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