Kindergarten teacher fired after bringing vial of her blood into class and letting children taste it

Up to a dozen Norwegian children may have ingested their kindergarten teacher's blood after she brought a vial of it into class.



The teacher, who has not been identified, reportedly asked the nurse at a recent doctor's visit if she could have a vial of her blood to take with her to the school where she taught.



When 'sharing time' came, she took out the vial, poured it in a plate, and let the students pass it around the classroom, said Inger Lise Andersen, director of the Dravhaug kindergarten.



Blood: The teacher allegedly passed her blood around during 'sharing time' then instructed them to lick their fingers to clean up

'The children asked if they could touch it and she allowed them,' Andersen told Reuters.

'Then they asked 'how do we get it off?' so she put her finger in her mouth and the children followed suit.''

There were a dozen students in the class.

Shock: Parents of the school's students were reportedly horrified to learn what had happened and the teacher was subsequently fired

'The parents are mortified, shaken and shocked,' Andersen said.

The teacher, a temporary employee, had been tested for AIDS and Hepatitis B following the incident.

Results of the tests are not yet in, but authorities consider the risk of transmitting any infection very low.

The teacher was terminated.



