Exposure ?

[miscusi]

I don't wear gloves to a call.

I have tons of gloves in pockets and bags.

I don them if I think it is needed after I get to the scene.

I follow BSI precautions. but if there is no "BS", then I don't need to "I" what is not there.

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_substance_isolation

I also consider using gloves when I get the nasty patients... i.e. the drunks, the unwashed homeless...

[Just Plain Ruff]

I don't wear gloves to a call.

I have tons of gloves in pockets and bags.

I don them if I think it is needed after I get to the scene.

I follow BSI precautions. but if there is no "BS", then I don't need to "I" what is not there.

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_substance_isolation

I also consider using gloves when I get the nasty patients... i.e. the drunks, the unwashed homeless...

you really didn't just use a wikipedia entry did you?

[ERDoc]

Yes, he did. Just a quick thought. Isn't BSI also called marriage?

[Just Plain Ruff]

Wiki the reference pages for the masses, just like the masses, often incorrect.

[ERDoc]

It looks like our friend didn't like the answers he got here or on that other EMS page (which were pretty much the same), so he took it to SDN.

[Eydawn]

Gotta hate that.

Yes, it was an exposure. Duh. There's a reason I put band-aids with tegaderm overlay any open/cracked areas and/or wear gloves for all routine patient contact. On my floor, body fluid contact is always a possibility any time you go into the room... never know when someone decides the stool softener is working or you get surprised by the bandage leaking through...

If it's enough to bother you, it's enough for you to be worried about. And why forum hop? It's not like the providers telling you the answer you don't want to hear aren't gonna be on all the forums...

ERDoc, I gotta ask... why is BSI called marriage? (Cringes)

Wendy

CO EMT-B

RN-ADN

[MariB]

Weird how he now mentions the pt is hep positive

[ERDoc]

ERDoc, I gotta ask... why is BSI called marriage? (Cringes)

Once you are married there is very little body substance swapping, so it is a pretty effective form of BSI.

[Eydawn]

Aw, Doc! Sad marriage. Lol!

(Ok. Maybe I should stop there. Yeah... no good way to add any more to the conversation...)

Wendy

CO EMT-B

RN-ADN

[ERDoc]

I joke, lol.