Asked for Female | 33 Years
Could I have contracted diseases from contaminated medical tools?
Patient's Query
I just did another blood test at a walk-in lab and now I'm spiraling. You know the cotton swabs on sticks they use after removing the needle to stop the bleeding? Well the lab staff had dipped them in alcohol first then put them in a container on the table while drawing blood, and before she could get one to use on me after drawing blood it rolled out of the container onto the table. She still used it on me!!! I'm HATING myself for not stopping her, it was like slow motion to me. What diseases could I have picked up from that cotton swab? She also accidentally spilled some of my blood onto the table and just wiped it up with a napkin. That makes me worry the table may have had previous patients' spills on it and I could have contracted something as the dirty swab came in direct contact with my blood. Obviously I won't be going back to that lab. But what could I have possibly contracted? How serious is this? Could I perhaps do needle-stick protocol testing (1/3/6 months) to give me peace of mind?
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