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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 > > > >My nurse advisers are telling me that they are suffering from a previously >undiagnosed medical condition, namely Repetitive Injection Thumb or R.I.T. > > > >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. > > > >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? > > > >And No, it is not April the 1st....... > > > >Regards, Bob > > > > > >Robert Dunn TD >Senior Occupational Health Adviser >University of Oxford Occupational Health Service >10 Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PD >Tel: 01865 282680 > > > >Confidentiality. > > > >This electronic transmission is strictly confidential to the University of >Oxford Occupational Health Service and intended solely for the addressee. >It may contain information covered by legal, professional or other >privilege. If you are not the intended addressee, or someone authorised to >receive transmissions on their behalf, you must not retain, disclose in any >form, copy or take any action in reliance on this transmission. If you have >received this transmission in error, please notify the sender as soon as >possible and destroy this message. > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Please remove this footer before replying. > >For list archives and documents, go to >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > >FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > >For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net > >Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at >http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/ > > To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/