Re: Stuck myself with the cat's lancet

"Michelle C" <bookbug_35@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Richard Evans" <infodex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> The cat and I are both diabetic. I check my own sugar 6-8 times per
>> day, I check his twice. We have separate glucometer kits. Today, while
>> preparing to check the cat's sugar, I had a brain fart and instead of
>> lancing the cat I lanced my own forearm with a lancet that had been
>> previously used on the cat.
>>
>> I immediately rinsed it with alcohol, but what are the chances I
>> caught anything from the incident?
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> I'm just guessing, but I doubt that you can get anything harmful from
your 
> cat's lancet.  Most things people worry about catching from their cat 
> include ringworm (direct contact with skin), toxoplasmosis (from feces) 
> and cat scratch fever (method of transmission obvious--cat scratch).  I 
> imagine being a family pet that it's unlikely your cat has any of these 
> things, and none of them have to do with blood.  According to a little 
> googling, the blood diseases that may be carried by a cat--feline
leukemia 
> and feline immunodeficiency virus--cannot be transmitted to humans.
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I agree. When Alex (now of blessed memory) was alive, I used a very small 
gauge needle to stick him, and this needle was reused many times. I 
inadvertently stuck myself on more than one occasion when I was attempting

to stick him. My reaction was "oops!" I rinsed off my finger and that was 
it. I never even gave it a second thought, and I never caught anything.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.