Hi Bob
As an advisor who spends 2 full days each week jabbing, I can certainly
say I am suffering from RBN (Repetitive Brain Numbness). So far so
good with the thumbs, though. Have your advisors had any time off sick
with RIT, and if so, how does one catch it?
Deborah
Robert Dunn wrote:
>Dear All
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>
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>My nurse advisers are telling me that they are suffering from a
previously
>undiagnosed medical condition, namely Repetitive Injection Thumb or
R.I.T.
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>This new condition is apparently occasioned by the repetitive technique
of
>screwing needles onto pre-filled syringes, or more particularly the
removal
>(flipping off) of the small protective plastic caps on vials of
vaccine, and
>where necessary their accompanying solutions. The manufacturers of the
>vaccines seem to have made these plastic caps more difficult to remove
of
>late which has resulted in skin splits on the end of the thumb, and
pain in
>the joints of the thumb, after a prolonged session of administering
travel
>vaccines or Hepatitis B.
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>Has anyone else found that they are suffering along similar lines, and
>indeed, if so what have you found to be a solution to engineer out the
>problem, or is this condition unique to Oxford?
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>And No, it is not April the 1st.......
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>Regards, Bob
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>Robert Dunn TD
>Senior Occupational Health Adviser
>University of Oxford Occupational Health Service
>10 Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PD
>Tel: 01865 282680
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