3rd-grader stuck 19 schoolmates with needle
Friday, April 29, 2005 Posted: 5:45 PM EDT (2145 GMT)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A third-grader stuck 19 schoolmates with her mother's diabetes blood-testing needle this week, and one pricked student tested positive for HIV on a preliminary test, officials said.
Health officials said the virus could not have been contracted from the needle stick, and they noted that preliminary tests can yield false positives.
The risk to students who were stuck after the possibly infected child depends on factors including the depth of the stick, health officials said.
The 8-year-old stuck her Taylor Elementary schoolmates Wednesday at the school's breakfast, at lunch and in the classroom, using a needle that was about one-third of an inch long, on the end of a device that looks like a pen, school officials said. They were unsure why the girl did it.
She was suspended and will probably be moved to another school, said Paul Vallas, the school district's chief executive.
Most of the students involved were taken to a hospital for testing and treatment, school officials said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of HIV infection after a needle stick is low, with an average of one in 300 cases leading to infection.
Oh my another terrible story of childs doing wrong things.
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that poor baby may have killed another person, if she caused them to become affected. Whatever happens to her, happens, and it is well deserved (and I do mean ANYTHING, including torture... if you are old enough to affect one with HIV, you are more than old enough to be tortured for your actions)
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Torture!? on an 8-year-old!? I can't believe what I'm hearing!
I seriously DOUBT she actually knew the seriousness of what she was doing. It was a bad thing, yes, but most likely she thought it would be a funny joke to poke people with a needle so they will think a bug bit them or something.
Reasons why you keep your medical stuff locked up.
I seriously DOUBT she actually knew the seriousness of what she was doing. It was a bad thing, yes, but most likely she thought it would be a funny joke to poke people with a needle so they will think a bug bit them or something.
Reasons why you keep your medical stuff locked up.
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The preliminary test that they give for HIV is called the Elisa test. And it is true that it yields many false positives. My understanding is that the little girl who committed this act was not infected with HIV. It seems as if one of the students that were pricked may have already had the virus. If that is the case, the students pricked after her would have the risk of contracting the virus. Risk of transmission is actually lower than one might expect. Let's all just pray for these young children and their well-being. As for the 8 year old behind all of this, I don't even know what to say.....
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