What happens when a physician has a needle stick from an AIDS patient...thank goodness the infectious disease doctor was available and on duty....real time stress for the physician...BD
After rounds, I hurried down to the ER where I was fortunate to find one of the Infectious Disease fellows moonlighting as faculty. He tried his best to reassure me that the odds were in my favor, but freaking hell, I had just been badly stuck with a dirty needle carrying the blood of a critically ill AIDS patient.
The only preventive option at that time was AZT, so I eagerly filled the prescription and started taking the medication five times per day, as directed. The GI side effects were so intolerable that I only lasted one week of the recommended six, deciding to take my chances instead.
Scalpel or Sword?: My First Needlestick - Part 2
Hat Tip: Kevin, MD
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