Question

A phlebotomist, a person trained to draw blood samples for medical use and testing, washed and reused needles while employed at a blood bank. what could be a resulting medical risk posed by reusing needles? the detergents used to clean the needles could cause severe allergic reactions in blood donors. genetic mutations may affect patients who receive blood drawn with these needles. blood donors could contract blood-borne illnesses from the needles and become very sick. patients with low immunity resistance could contract infections from germs on the needles.

Answer 1

The problem you would most likely be looking for is the patient's becoming sick from exposure to a blood-born pathogen. Needle sharing is a very good way to pass on many nasty viruses; HIV is a big one. Normally you see a lot of this phenomenon with needle sharing for IVDA's of heroin (Intravenous Drug abuser)