Post by Admin on Nov 18, 2016 11:45:56 GMT
Paul
Thank you for taking the time to talk with me today in regards to a possible cross contamination event that took place at the college. The person described the accident as the patient having a serious cut to his arm caused by falling on to a porcelain urinal divider. The first aider gave urgent first aid treatment and in doing so put on a pair of gloves supplied in the first aid box, the glove consequently split allowing the passage of blood to an unprotected wound under the glove hence the concern about possible cross contamination.
I understand that in your opinion a shot of Immunoglobulin should have been administered within 48hrs of the incident and not as happened a shot of Hep B vaccine?
What we now need to understand is what the actual risk are in relation to this event and also for future occurrences where passage of blood and body fluids are a risk.
From what you say the amount of Hep B in Cambridge students is somewhere between 1 in 50 to 1 in 100 which is actually a staggering amount.
I would be most grateful if you could advise on what we should be telling our first aiders, any information on first aid packs and any further information that may benefit us at the college.
Thanks again
Thank you for taking the time to talk with me today in regards to a possible cross contamination event that took place at the college. The person described the accident as the patient having a serious cut to his arm caused by falling on to a porcelain urinal divider. The first aider gave urgent first aid treatment and in doing so put on a pair of gloves supplied in the first aid box, the glove consequently split allowing the passage of blood to an unprotected wound under the glove hence the concern about possible cross contamination.
I understand that in your opinion a shot of Immunoglobulin should have been administered within 48hrs of the incident and not as happened a shot of Hep B vaccine?
What we now need to understand is what the actual risk are in relation to this event and also for future occurrences where passage of blood and body fluids are a risk.
From what you say the amount of Hep B in Cambridge students is somewhere between 1 in 50 to 1 in 100 which is actually a staggering amount.
I would be most grateful if you could advise on what we should be telling our first aiders, any information on first aid packs and any further information that may benefit us at the college.
Thanks again