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Blood on nurse`s glove

Hi there,
I got a blood drawn RT 3 months ago . The process bothers me. It was a big public hospital and hundreds of people got blood drawn just in the morning. The one who got blood drawn before me was a woman who tested HIV(I saw the test paper and I`m sure of it). When she finished I saw there was blood on the nurse`s glove(there was a large blood mark on her index finger). Then the nurse drawn my blood. I`m so afraid and kept thinking over it and I did a 3rd generation test six weeks later and the result was negative. Now I have some symptoms such as fever(caused by amygdalitis and last two days) and purpura(the purpura lasts 1 month and still not cured)
I wonder if there is any risk about this procedure and do I need any test later.  
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Any bodily fluids become ineffective once exposed to air. it cannot infect you. You didn't have a risk and your test result proves it. Be well.
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Thanks mate. You mean if the blood get into my vein through the needle then no risk right?
the blood was on the glove.. how did it get into the needle and into the vein?
I don`t mean it in the needle, I mean it stick outside the needle and go through  into the vein.
No risk.
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