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From: KMATTOX at aol.com<mailto:KMATTOX at aol.com> 
  To: trauma-list at trauma.org<mailto:trauma-list at trauma.org> ; ccm-l at ccm-l.org<mailto:ccm-l at ccm-l.org> ; SURGINET at listserv.utoronto.ca<mailto:SURGINET at listserv.utoronto.ca> 
  Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 9:02 PM
  Subject: # 6 - Mediastinal Traverse

  One of the members of the surgical team  discovered at the end of the 
  case that there was blood penetration from glove  tears in on both right
  and left gloves, two other members of OR team had  blood under one glove.     

  7.    Are there questions you may have and are there  things we should know 
  about him. 

  Answer:   Yes.   He has led a hard life and we think he  had some infections. 
  He has used drugs in the  past.     But he is now a good man with a good  
  family.   Do what you must do, and you have our permission to operate  again 
  whenever it is necessary.     

  Being in The Bronx, it would be important to get an HIV test on this patient ASAP.  Should any of these three individuals require post exposure prophylactic (PEP) it is important to implement it <36 hours after injury & the sooner the better.

  ~doug~

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