Re: Young Dog Jamason Daniels stands on needle
Originally Posted by
Flamethrower
Thankfully the odds of contracting HIV from a needle stick injury are virtually zero - you would have better odds of winning Powerball 10 weeks in a row. The likelyhood of contracting other blood borne diseases, such as Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C are higher, but still are extremely low.
One thing the article doesn't mention is where the syringe came from - whether it was left there by one of our trainers after injecting a pain killer, or if it was already present before the team arrived having been left there by an IV drug user. If it was the former there is no issue in terms of disease contraction but there is an OH&S issue.
If it was the latter than there is a far greater chance that any blood in the syringe was from a Hep C positive person. Hep C is very common amongst IV drug users, but unless the blood is fresh and a significant amount is injected, then it is also highly unlikely that Jamason would be in any danger. The unfortunate thing regarding Hep C though is that there is no antiviral treatment that can be given prophylactically, unlike HIV and Hep B, if the source blood is from a known Hep C positive patient.
The regime of blood tests that Jamason will undergo is standard for patients who have a needle stick injury from an unknown source.
Thanks for the info... I knew it was a remote possibility of contracting a disease in this manner, but good to read just the same...
Shocking that this could happen though...
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