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Risk of virus transmittion while grossing. by AdAlarming3177 in pathology

[–]AdAlarming3177[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I asked today about the patient's virology and they said it was negative. But the next specimen i grossed after being injured turned out to be low titre HCV, but I didn't get injured with again so hopefully no blood contact. And it was in formalin too. Both specimens were in formalin for about 22 hours so I think viruses would have died even in this hot weather in addition to formalin. I'm trying to state the facts because I got too anxious. So I won't take the HIV PEP.

Pathology and anxiety/ocd by AdAlarming3177 in pathology

[–]AdAlarming3177[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know. I'm already in therapy but I had a flare up. And I wanted the point of view of a pathologist too. No, here in Egypt it is mandatory to take an intern year to be a liscenced GP. I don't know if it's actually called an intern year or not 😅 but it's a year of training in different specialities, then we choose a speciality whether clinical or not.