breast milk--biohazard

[lady cop]

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having had all manner of human bodily fluids cast on me, i agree breast milk can also be a biohazard. ALL bodily fluids are considered a biohazard, that's why med/responder people wear latex gloves. in fact, we were required to go to ER every time someone got blood on us, sputum, vomitus or feces, etc. if it was blood, we'd actually have to get a court order for the prisoner's HIV status.
opinion?


Woman Charged for Squirting Breast Milk at Deputy
Monday, March 08, 2010

A Kentucky woman was charged with assault after she allegedly squirted breast milk into the face of a deputy, sparking online debate Sunday in the local media.

Toni Tramel, 31, was arrested Thursday for public intoxication in Owensboro, WYMT-TV reported, but it is what she did next which has attracted headlines.

As Tramel changed into an inmate uniform, she squirted a stream of breast milk into the face of the female deputy watching over her.

A press release from the Daviess County, Kentucky, Detention Center, said that after the deputy decontaminated herself from the "bio-hazard", Tramel was charged with third degree assault.

While the public drunkenness was merely a misdemeanor offense, the assault is a felony charge and a US$10,000 bond was set.

Reports of the case have sparked debates about whether using breast milk as a weapon should constitute a felony assault case, with many readers likening it to an accused person spitting on an officer.

Also sparking feedback has been the use of the term "bio-hazard" to describe breast milk.

[Loricat]

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OMG, how nasty!!

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I think Lori summed it up nicely. WTF else can you say to that crazy shit?

As for it being a biohazard? That would be the first food item on the list I suppose. Gross as people think it is, breast milk is food and any human CAN drink it.

[lady cop]

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i think in that instance, it was categorized as a possible biohazard because nobody knew if the woman had any communicable disease.

[Loricat]

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i think in that instance, it was categorized as a possible biohazard because nobody knew if the woman had any communicable disease.

Exactly. You can get AIDS from breast milk.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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Yes, I actually know you can get AIDS or other highly communicable diseases from breast milk. I'm pretty sure I was commenting on the fact it probably would be a first that a food product would be on the biohazard material list.

Thank you for the lecture though.

[Loricat]

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It was my pleasure TK.