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angiocaths with a needle still in it but not one that's getting removed it can poke but not puncture ..butterfly is the needle so it can puncture.
hi, i hope i don't sound like an idiot here...
But i'm a student nurse and my instructor and i were removing a size 24 angiocath from an infant. As she was unwrapping the tape from his leg, unbeknownced to me the angiocath had already fallen out...i noticed it when i felt something sharp and poking me in my palm.
Told her about it, because it did feel sharp, she said if it went through my glove it would have an obvious hole in the glove but i know it would not if the bevel just poked through.
I just wonder if i should worry about it poking me because i thought angiocaths were soft and flexible, or maybe it was just in such an awkward position that it did not bend.
Is it possible to be stuck with one? Should i trust what my instructor said...this was a few weeks ago and as i'm reading one of my skills books it says that butterflys and angiocaths are common causes of injuries???????
angiocaths with a needle still in it but not one that's getting removed it can poke but not puncture ..butterfly is the needle so it can puncture.
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