The work place and blood born pathogens

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About 6 months after I learned of my dragon, the stress of knowing got to me. At

work, I always made special care to not cut myself. A hard thing to do when

working with metal. Then one day I cut my finger. Blood was dripping to the

floor of the aircraft. I grabbed a rag and closed it around my finger. About

then one of my coworkers, wanting to help, made a move with a rag towards the

small puddle of blood on the floor. Let me tell you, I went nuts. I yelled at

him, " Get the f*** away from there " . I grabbed the acetone bottle and poured a

good half of it on the blood. Then cleaned it myself.

Poor guy. I went back after cleaning my wound, and apologize for yelling at him.

Then I explained what was going on.

That is an important lesson too. Unless you are qualified to clean up

bio-hazards, never ever try to clean up any blood, or other body fluid, while at

work. Best thing to do is to report it to your supervisor or lead. And if you

are qualified to clean up bio-hazards, for corn sake, don't forget to use the

proper personal protective equipment.

This also is an example of how HCV has a negative effect on people's lives. All

the stress of them carriers who really are concerned for the health and safety

of people around them. Some times this causes a lot of stress. Stress is the

last thing a HCV patient needs. We have a personal stake in it.

I'm now in my 12th week of treatment. I look forward to the day when I am SVR.

It will be like a huge burden lifted from me, and my family. That don't mean I

can forget about taking proper precautions. We who still have the virus, and the

ones who are SVR have a duty to do everything we can to prevent the spread of

blood born pathogens.

Thanks for all your stories of making through this battle. They give hope to

them who need hope so badly.

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..  I read this when you posted it on FB a few minutes ago..  thanks for posting here as well.  I also sent you a friend request...

Hugs,

TeriOn Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:56 PM, <pepurr@...> wrote:

 

About 6 months after I learned of my dragon, the stress of knowing got to me. At work, I always made special care to not cut myself. A hard thing to do when working with metal. Then one day I cut my finger. Blood was dripping to the floor of the aircraft. I grabbed a rag and closed it around my finger. About then one of my coworkers, wanting to help, made a move with a rag towards the small puddle of blood on the floor. Let me tell you, I went nuts. I yelled at him, " Get the f*** away from there " . I grabbed the acetone bottle and poured a good half of it on the blood. Then cleaned it myself.

Poor guy. I went back after cleaning my wound, and apologize for yelling at him. Then I explained what was going on.

That is an important lesson too. Unless you are qualified to clean up bio-hazards, never ever try to clean up any blood, or other body fluid, while at work. Best thing to do is to report it to your supervisor or lead. And if you are qualified to clean up bio-hazards, for corn sake, don't forget to use the proper personal protective equipment.

This also is an example of how HCV has a negative effect on people's lives. All the stress of them carriers who really are concerned for the health and safety of people around them. Some times this causes a lot of stress. Stress is the last thing a HCV patient needs. We have a personal stake in it.

I'm now in my 12th week of treatment. I look forward to the day when I am SVR. It will be like a huge burden lifted from me, and my family. That don't mean I can forget about taking proper precautions. We who still have the virus, and the ones who are SVR have a duty to do everything we can to prevent the spread of blood born pathogens.

Thanks for all your stories of making through this battle. They give hope to them who need hope so badly.

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OMG I can relate,

When I first found out I cut myself, paper cut, and my grand daughter was running toward me and I flipped. Thank God my family is who there are as they laughed and told me to calm down. I know all the blood bourne rules and know hep can live for days on surfaces. I keep bleach cleaners everywhere.

Good luck to you on TX, I start again this Friday and the anxiety is horrible, didn't think it would be like this because of being of the last round being not to long ago.Thanks for sharing. Pam

[ ] The work place and blood born pathogens

About 6 months after I learned of my dragon, the stress of knowing got to me. At work, I always made special care to not cut myself. A hard thing to do when working with metal. Then one day I cut my finger. Blood was dripping to the floor of the aircraft. I grabbed a rag and closed it around my finger. About then one of my coworkers, wanting to help, made a move with a rag towards the small puddle of blood on the floor. Let me tell you, I went nuts. I yelled at him, "Get the f*** away from there". I grabbed the acetone bottle and poured a good half of it on the blood. Then cleaned it myself.Poor guy. I went back after cleaning my wound, and apologize for yelling at him. Then I explained what was going on. That is an important lesson too. Unless you are qualified to clean up bio-hazards, never ever try to clean up any blood, or other body fluid, while at work. Best thing to do is to report it to your supervisor or lead. And if you are qualified to clean up bio-hazards, for corn sake, don't forget to use the proper personal protective equipment.This also is an example of how HCV has a negative effect on people's lives. All the stress of them carriers who really are concerned for the health and safety of people around them. Some times this causes a lot of stress. Stress is the last thing a HCV patient needs. We have a personal stake in it.I'm now in my 12th week of treatment. I look forward to the day when I am SVR. It will be like a huge burden lifted from me, and my family. That don't mean I can forget about taking proper precautions. We who still have the virus, and the ones who are SVR have a duty to do everything we can to prevent the spread of blood born pathogens.Thanks for all your stories of making through this battle. They give hope to them who need hope so badly.