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Blood during screening

Hi,

I hope my question will not be ridiculous. But i'm worried about it.
I went for an HIV quich blood test. There was 20 other guys in the room doing HIV test as well.
So i enter in the room and the doctor used the small device on my finger (needle) in order to collect blood from my finger and use it for the test.
After i went back on a chair and waited for the result. While i was waiting, i put the blaster given by the doctor.
I waited 20mn and get my result which was negatif.

But when i went home, i realized that the plaster was not on the correct finger and i had a bit of blood on my finger (which as guess is mine). I'm a bit worried that someone else put some blood on the chair and i put my finger on.

Will it be a risk ?






  
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HIV is not transmitted from environmental surfaces.
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If my finger is bleeding and i touch someone else blood. Isn't it a risk ?

I thought if i receive blood infected by HIV on a part of my body which is bleeding, then there's a risk.

For my case there's no risk cause the needle opening is to small or what is the reason ?
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The question was ridiculous and the answer is no. At no time did you have a risk of contracting HIV.
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