Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare

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1. If you were a hospital administrator or the department director or head surgical technician, how would you handle the following case:   

A surgical technician in the operating room is accidentally cut through his gloves by a scalpel, and the HIV and Hepatitis B/C status of the patient, the physician and the surgical technician is unknown.  

                  What are the necessary steps?

                  What is the potential liability for the parties?

                  What are the options for the surgical technician?