Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-sem.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.motss,net.med Subject: Re: AIDS transmission Message-ID: <433@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 16:39:58 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-sem.433 Posted: Thu Oct 17 16:39:58 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Oct-85 04:00:56 EDT References: <1557@bbncca.ARPA> <2192@ukma.UUCP> <290@bbncc5.UUCP> <916@utcs.uucp> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.motss:2167 net.med:2584 > Okay now. It appears quite definite from all these postings here that that > case with that nurse resulted not from a 'needle-stick' but from an > accidental injection of a SUBSTANTIAL amount of ARTERIAL blood, being that > no one has said anything which directly contradicts this. Would someone > care to either find a reference which denies this, or finally admit that > simple needle-sticks are not sufficient to transmit aids. I have no idea on how to apply this to the AIDS situation, but I wouldn't downplay the problems with needle sticks. Getting stuck with a used needle can cause serious problems. One of my coworkers got a severe infection after accidentally poking herself with a needle from a cardiac arrest case. Health care professionals here insist on treatment after sticks from used needles. -Ron