Moorhouse A, Bolen R, Evans J, Gilchrist J, Hart M, McKinlay K, Midgely L, Montada M, Munro A, Smith R
Can Nurse. 1993 Nov;89(10):29-33.
It has been a typically busy Saturday night in the emergency department. Then, near midnight, a trauma casualty was admitted and an incident occurred that would occupy Suzanne Smith's thoughts for months to come. When starting an intravenous line on this patient, Suzanne spiked herself with a needle. Later the patient was taken to the intensive care unit and placed on a ventilator. Suzanne was overcome with fear that she might have contracted AIDS. Her fears intensified when she learned that the patient, Mr. Norman, was a heroin addict.
