Re: Stuck myself with the cat's lancet

"Richard Evans" <infodex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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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 Evans,
diseases transmitted from cats to humans or Cat-Associated Zoonoses :
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/162/17/1945
In the United States, it is estimated that there are at least 57 million
pet 
cats living in one third of all households.Cats are a source of 
companion****p and enjoyment to many people, but they can also transmit a 
wide array of diseases to humans, ranging from trivial dermatophyte 
infections to life-threatening conditions, such as bubonic plague.



Not totally harmless....

Take care

Gys