I was sitting in an infection control class today for the rescue squad I volunteer with. We were talking about what to do if a patient bites us and draws blood. There is a federal law that requires the source of the blood to be tested for a battery of blood borne diseases. He then proceded to say that nothing can be contracted from saliva so the patient would not be tested. When hearing this I muttered under my breath that nothing could be contracted from the patients saliva unless of course said patient was in fact a zombie. I got a few laughs from this, but if you think about it the only reason I could think a patient would bite a medic dispatched to help them would be if they were a zombie.... or just plain crazy. If a patient bites me and is not crazy or a child then they are going to get punched in the head. What actually are the chances of a zombie apocalypse actually happening. Honestly if one happened it wouldnt exactly surprise me.
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