The customer reported that an operator sustained a needlestick injury to the hand while performing maintenance on the centering collar on an advia 2120 hematology system with dual aspirate autosampler.The operator did not require medical intervention.The operator was tested for hepatitis b surface antigen, hepatitis c, hiv-1/hiv-2 antibody, hiv-1 p24 antigen, and the tests resulted (b)(6).The patient was also tested for hepatitis b surface antibody, and the test recovered (b)(6), which was expected.The operator was scheduled for subsequent testing of hepatitis b, hepatitis c dna/rna and hiv within 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months.There are no known reports of adverse health consequences due to the operator sustaining a needlestick injury while performing maintenance on the centering collar on the advia 2120 hematology system with dual aspirate autosampler.
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