Questions and Answers
- 1. Why did you choose those colors for your pages?
Yellow is the color of hepatitis; red is the color of blood; pale red symbolizes the fatigue most HCV people experience and deep red is the color of dried blood that continues to carry the Hepatitis C virus.
- 2. take a course in health care this is standard procedure get a grip or get therapy. after reading a few short bits of your whining about how medical people are doing their jobs HOW DARE THEY DO AS THEY WERE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL get real ! should i cry an weep cause they wear gloves when they test me too (added 4 January 2003 as received)
I can't tell you if you should weep when technicians take your blood or not, that's a personal decision. I realize older technicians may not have learned to draw blood while wearing latex gloves while attending school. However, it seems that skill could be learned for the protection of the technician and patient. It amazes me that the hospitals and clinics do not have procedures requiring mandatory use of latex gloves. My concern is that people are willing to draw my HCV blood without wearing latex gloves and that concern will remain a priority for me as long as people put themselves and their patients as unnecessary risk.
Here's an analogy: When I went to high school, one of the requirements was taking driver's education. At that time lap belts were not required to be worn; thus I learned to drive without wearing a seat belt. As lap belts, seat belts and safety restraint systems proved to be safety measures, I learned to use them. I was proactive to do whatever I could to assure the safety of myself and my passengers. I'd like to see that same attitude in the medical community.
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