Writing for The New York Times, AHCJ member Sibyl Shalo Wilmont shares the chain of events that followed when she accidentally injected herself with a drop of a patient’s blood.
A quick test showed the patient was likely negative for HIV, but Wilmont still had to decide whether or not to undergo post-exposure prophylaxis, a grueling cycle of treatment that would continue for at least a month. Wilmont had covered post-exposure prophylaxis as a journalist and her knowledge for that helped guide her decision.
