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Needle stick
zkadhem - 05-12-09 00:37
What to do if you have a needle stick while you are inserting an IV line for a patient with HIV?
zkadhem - 05-12-09 00:37
What to do if you have a needle stick while you are inserting an IV line for a patient with HIV?
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Re: Needle stick usmlefever3 - 05-12-09 01:08 give antiretroviral drugs.......most probably zidovudine
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Re: Needle stick harry206 - 05-12-09 02:29 Right away take his/her blood for serology ---> immediately start him/her on 3 drug regimen while waiting for result (Tt: 2NRTI + 1PI X 1 m)----> Follow up done at 6wk, 3m & 6m
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Re: Needle stick
zkadhem - 05-12-09 09:03 ok right, so all of us know that this HIV test will not show us the actual state, I mean for antibody to form it will need time, so why do we get this test immediately after the needle stick?
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Re: Needle stick harry206 - 05-12-09 09:13 hmm good q
let me try.
For baseline level ----> so that we can follow up at 6wk, 3m & 6m based on this value
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Re: Needle stick meduploader - 05-12-09 13:30 
posted by zkadhem on 05-12-09 09:03
ok right, so all of us know that this HIV test will not show us the actual state, I mean for antibody to form it will need time, so why do we get this test immediately after the needle stick?
ok right, so all of us know that this HIV test will not show us the actual state, I mean for antibody to form it will need time, so why do we get this test immediately after the needle stick?
And, it can show that the person might already infected of HIV. (I mean before needle stick)
:)
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Re: Needle stick babbu5508 - 02-22-11 09:55 the risk of seroconversion after a needle stick injury from hiv patient is 0.3% at a single time...so be cautious each time....
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