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Phil the Medical Assistant Accidently Stuck Himself with a Needle

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Phil the Medical Assistant accidently stuck himself with a needle just used to draw a specimen for a CBC. The patient is a young nun, who assures him, "I don't have anything you need to be worried about." Phil the Medical Assistant squeezes the site to promote bleeding, washes his puncture site, applies a bit of antibiotic ointment and a bandage over the site, and promises himself to be much more careful. What (if anything) has Phil done wrong?


A) Phil has not done anything wrong.
B) Phil did everything wrong!
C) Phil did not use tincture of iodine on his puncture site.
D) Phil did not notify his supervisor or otherwise report the injury as the guidelines of his facility instruct.

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